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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 by the pandemic and then, recently, the war in Ukraine. More than ever, our poor needs better socia...

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, Antique - The provincial government of Antique on Tuesday started to distribute shelter materials to ...

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, Samar early Wednesday, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has reported. The incident occurred whe...

(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 to increase the packages for home treatment. Those who are treating themselves at home can also be co...

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 workers have already been vaccinated based on our consultations with a number of partner private secto...