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Timbangan ng Bayan (Photo courtesy of Mayor Belen Fernandez) MANILA - Timbangan ng Bayan centers would soon be established in all public and private markets nationwide as a measure proposing such has been overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading at the House of Representatives. During Monday's plenary session, the chamber approved with 175 affirmative votes House Bill 3255, which provides for the establishment of a Timbangan ng Bayan Center in all markets nationwide to protect consumers from deceptive and unfair sales acts and practices. Timbangan ng Bayan Centers will provide co...

The establishment of a centralized weighing scale to be called “Timbangan ng Bayan” in all public and private markets will be mandatory under a bill endorsed for enactment in the House of Representatives. The House Committee on Trade and Industry has submitted for plenary deliberation House Bill 32

Iraq officials: Rocket attack hits base housing US troops By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLABMarch 14, 2020 GMT BAGHDAD (AP) — A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi security officials said, just days after a similar attack killed three servicemen, including two Americans. The U.S.-led coalition said at least 25 107mm rockets struck Camp Taji just before 11 a.m. Some struck the area where coalition forces are based, while others fell on air defense units, the Iraqi military statement said. Five people were wounded in t...

Three years after the launching of the first Malasakit Center in the Philippines, the one-stop service of government services focused on healthcare and medical financial assistance has reached another milestone. The 100th Malasakit Center opened its doors at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Muntinlupa City on Feb. 2. This is the 54th Malasakit Center in Luzon. There are 22 centers in the Visayas and 24 in Mindanao. Sen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Sec. Michael Lloyd Dino, and the officials of the hospital and the local governmen...