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(File photo) MANILA - A lawmaker on Monday recommended the increase in cash aid for beneficiaries of the government's Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from PHP2,000 to PHP3,000 due to inflation and the effects of the ongoing pandemic. In his privilege speech during plenary session, Northern Samar Representative Paul Daza also called for the monthly release of the payouts instead of every two months. "Prices had been going up. It's unfortunate that all countries are affected...

ROOFING MATERIALS. The Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) delivers galvanized iron (GI) sheets and plywood as shelter materials to a family in Barangay Boroc-boroc, Belison on Tuesday (March 1, 2022). PDRRMO chief Broderick Train said on Wednesday said PHP8 million was allocated from their Quick Response Fund this year to assist families whose houses were destroyed due to Typhoon Odette last December.(Photo courtesy of PIO Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, A...

BLAST FISHING. The coastal village of Maputi in Zumarraga, Samar near the fishing ground where a dynamite blast wounded its village chief and two others early Wednesday (Jan. 26, 2022). Police said on Thursday the explosion took place when the village chief was trying to throw ignited gelatin sticks when it went off.(Photo from Barangay Maputi, Zumarraga FB page) TACLOBAN CITY- Three fishermen, including a village chief, were injured when they went dynamite fishing in the seawaters of Zumarraga,...

(File photo) MANILA - Malacanang is pushing the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to expand its Covid-19 Home Isolation Benefit Packages (CHIBP) to include free reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing. Acting Presidential Spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said PhilHealth currently covers free testing but only among patients who are symptomatic and are currently confined in public or private hospitals. "We're also pushing PhilHealth t...

File photo MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported on Thursday there are over 32 million workers in the country that have received vaccines against coronavirus disease 19 (Covid-19). DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said there are some 32.3 million employees that have been vaccinated either with their first or second doses. The number represents about 70 percent to 80 percent of formal and informal sector workers. "At the company level, about 90 to 95 percent of wo...

(File photo) MANILA - A leader of the House of Representatives on Monday urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to remove the additional requirement of acquiring a certification of completion of the comprehensive driver's education (CDE) for people renewing their driver's licenses. In filing House Resolution 2425, Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez said the CDE will be an "additional expense" for the Filipino people during this pandem...

City Hall of Zamboanga (PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The city council, through a resolution, has requested the local inter-agency task force on the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to allow the entry into this city of fully vaccinated individuals even without a reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result. The council unanimously approved the resolution, which was authored by Councilor John Dalipe, during their regular session on Tuesday. Dalipe said fully vaccin...