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Republic Act No. 11463 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on December 3, 2019. The Malasakit Center program was started by the Office of the Special Assistant to the President, led by Bong Go following a directive of President Rodrigo Duterte. The center is meant as a one-stop shop for government medical assistance for indigent Filipinos.
Philippine Army. Rank. Colonel. Lorna Regina " Loren " Bautista Legarda (born January 28, 1960) is a Filipina politician, environmentalist, cultural worker, and former journalist who is currently serving as a Senator and served as the president pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines from 2022 to 2024. This also makes her the first woman ...
According to the Rules of the Senate, [ 1] the committee handles all matters relating to: Public health in general. Medical, hospital and quarantine services. Population issues, concerns, policies and programs affecting individuals and their families, and their effects on national, social and economic conditions.
On July 25, 2016, the opening day of the 17th Congress of the Philippines, Pimentel was elected as Senate President with 20 out of 23 senators voting in his favor. [26] He, along with his father Aquilino Pimentel Jr. , is the only father-and-son tandem being elected as Senate President in Philippine history; the elder Pimentel served as Senate ...
Career highlights and awards. UNTV Cup Season 6 champion. UAAP champion ( 1994) Emmanuel Joel Jose Villanueva[ 1 ] ( / vɪljɑːnuːwɛbɑː /, born August 2, 1975), nicknamed " Tesdaman ", [ 2 ] is a Filipino politician who previously served as the Senate Majority Leader from 2022 to 2024 and has been a Senator since 2016.
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation ( PhilHealth) was created in 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines. It is a tax-exempt, government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines, and is attached to the Department of Health. On August 4, 1969, Republic Act 6111 or the Philippine Medical Care Act ...
Pharmally scandal. Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. became involved in a scandal over allegations of overpriced medical supplies it supplied to the government for the latter's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. The Blue Ribbon Committee of the Senate of the Philippines launched an investigation into the matter and uncovered ...
The Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, also known as the Bayanihan Act, [ 1] and officially designated as Republic Act No. 11469, is a law in the Philippines that was enacted in March 2020 granting the President additional authority to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. [ 2] The word "bayanihan" is a Tagalog word for communal work .