Labag daw sa Universal Healthcare Act ang paglilipat ng halos P90 billion na excess funds ng Philippine Health Insurance Corporation o PhilHealth sa national treasury. Sa ika-11 episode ng Tres from Tress podcast, makikipagkwentuhan si Elma Sandoval, senior editor ng VERA Files, kay Dr. Tony Leachon, isang independent health reform advocate at former PhilHealth director, para malinawan ang mga bagay sa mainit na isyung ito.
Sa unang pagkakataon, magkakaroon ng halalan sa BARMM para punan ang 80 puwesto sa Bangsamoro parliament sa Mayo 2025, kasabay ng midterm national elections.
For the first time, the BARMM will have an election to fill 80 seats in the Bangsamoro parliament in May 2025, simultaneously with the midterm national elections.
Mula sa pagsasabing ipagbabawal nito ang premature campaigning sa 2025 polls, sinasabi ngayon ng Comelec na hindi nito masusuway ang batas noong 2007 na nagpawalang-bisa sa paghihigpit.
From saying it will ban premature campaigning in the 2025 polls, Comelec now says it cannot circumvent the 2007 law that repealed the restriction.
Bumaba talaga ang mga datos ng kahirapan sa BARMM mula noong 2018. Ngunit nananatili itong may pinakamataas na insidente ng kahirapan sa bansa sa 34.8% noong unang kalahati ng 2023, ayon sa PSA.
Poverty figures in the BARMM have, indeed, decreased since 2018. But it remains to have the highest poverty incidence in the country at 34.8% as of the first half of 2023, according to PSA.
An immediate ban on POGOs, underscoring of a bloodless fight against illegal drugs, and a reaffirmation of a commitment to defend territories in the West Philippine Sea are key pronouncements that earned President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. three standing ovations during his third SONA on Monday, July 22.
Hinatulan ng Tagum City RTC sina ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro at dating kinatawan ng Bayan Muna na si Satur Ocampo dahil sa paglalagay panganib ng buhay ng mga menor de edad, hindi pagkidnap gaya ng pahayag ng dating broadcaster na si Jay Sonza.
Outside, not so far from Batasang Pambansa, where the president delivered his third SONA, protestors braved the rain Monday to deliver their version of the state of the nation.Most prominent were placards shouting their demand for higher wages.
