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Eligible Filipino corn farmers and fisherfolk could get a maximum fuel discount of P3,000 under the government’s P500-million fuel subsidy program for the agriculture sector, guidelines released by the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed. The DA issued Memorandum Circular (MC) 7 that outlined the implementing guidelines on the provision of…
Extend Bayanihan 2 effectivity and fund appropriations to fast-track anti-Covid efforts: Pangilinan WITH the continuing rise in Covid cases and the slow vaccine roll-out, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan wants to further extend the effectivity of the provisions and availability of appropriations under the Bayanihan 2. "As per DBM, kalahati pa lang ng pondo ng Bayanihan 2 ang nagagamit at mag-e-expire na ito sa June 30. Kailangan gamitin ang natitirang pondo para pabilisin ang roll-out ng vaccination at pigilan ang pagtaas ng kaso ng Covid," said Pangilinan. In Senate Bill 2218, Pangilinan se...
NHE: Healthcare spending was on the rise in 2019, though the increase was stable Health spending increased at a slightly faster rate than gross domestic product, but the report analyzed figures prior to the pandemic. , Associate Editor Total healthcare spending in 2019 went up $3.8 trillion in 2019, a relatively stable increase of 4.6% compared to 2018, which saw a 4.7% increase, according to the 2019 National Health Expenditures report, released today by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Office of the Actuary. The estimates only take into account trends through th...