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Workers outraged over plans to defer 13th month pay
By John Clifford Lintao SEVERAL labor groups are outraged over a government proposal to allow distressed small and medium enterprises to defer payment of 13th month pay to their workers in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reacting to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello’s statement proposing to exempt or defer payment of 13th month pay to workers,…
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43 PhilHealth officials resign
By Fernan Angeles TAKING cue from a memorandum issued by the new Philippine Health Insurance Corporation boss, 43 senior officers have either tendered their courtesy resignation or retired from service. In a statement, PhilHealth said 43 officers responded to a Sept. 30 memo issued by PhilHealth President and CEO Atty. Dante Gieran, which directed all…
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100-bed capacity for COVID-19 patients
Philippine Ports Authority general manager Jay Daniel Santiago (left) and Bataan Governor Abet S. Garcia cut the ceremonial ribbon officially opening the state-of-the-art 100-bed capacity Port Capinpin Covid processing facility in Orion town this morning, October 9. The Covid facility was donated by the Lopez Group of Companies. Also in photo are Cong. Joet Garcia…
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Kat de Castro wants dad Noli to transfer to PTV
Will former Vice President and Kapamilya veteran broadcast journalist Noli de Castro transfer to another TV network? That’s the end-goal of newly-appointed PTV General Manager Kat de Castro when she joined the government-owned network recently. “Gusto ko pong lumipat sa PTV ang tatay ko. Yun ang end-goal ko. His name is Kabayan so bagay siya…
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Modern-Day Heroes/Heroines
In recognition of their heroic services, Mayor Jopet Inton, 2nd right, personally delivers here face shields and sanitizers to the teachers in Hermosa, Bataan whom he called ‘Modern Day Heroes/Heroines,’ coinciding with the celebration of ‘World Teachers’ Day’.
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CSC to conduct gov’t eligibility exams online
By Fernan Angeles AMID a continuing pandemic scare comes the need for the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to find ways to shift its government eligibility exams online. “We need to restructure our pen-and-paper test ,” CSC Commissioner Aileen Lizada said in a Laging Handa public briefing adding that “In transition, hahanap po ng paraan how…
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Blanket donation to fire victims
Senator Cynthia A. Villar donated blanket to more than 60 families who were rendered homeless following a fire in Brgy. Tuktukan, Taguig. The fire victims earlier sought help from the senator who has been known for providing assistance to victims of fire and other calamities.
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Senate, House clash looms
By Fernan Angeles BREWING confrontation looms between the Senate and the House of Representatives as Senate President Vicente Sotto III drew first blood by lambasting House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano over statements. Reacting to Cayetano’s statement, Sotto warned the public not to be misled after the House Speaker blamed them if the P4.5-trillion 2021 budget…
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Clinical trial for Lagundi starts
By John Clifford Lintao PHILIPPINES joins the list of countries embarking on clinical trial for potential cure to the deadly virus from Wuhan, China. However, the clinical trials would only be for supplement treatment for COVID-19, says the Department of Science and Technology, which hinted on Lagundi kick-off. “Yung sa Lagundi ito ay nagsisimula na.…
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Villar tackles bills on Davao City and Davao Region
Sen. Cynthia Villar presided over a public hearing on the bill seeking to declare Davao City as the chocolate capital and Region 11 as the cacao-producing capital of the country. Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform, in a hybrid hearing conducted through teleconference, said Senate Bill 1741 seeks “to garner…