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Purchase booklet no longer required to get senior meds discount …
Dec 23, 2024 · Department of Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa (PNA photo by Yancy Lim). MANILA – Health Secretary Teodoro J. Herbosa on Monday said purchase booklets are no longer required for senior citizens to avail 20 percent discount on medicine purchases.. Herbosa has signed Administrative Order No. 2024-0017 removing the need for seniors to present a purchase booklet to drugstores together with a ...
PBBM extends employment of COS, JO gov’t workers till end-2025
Apr 25, 2024 · MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has extended the engagement of contract of service (COS) and job order (JO) workers in the government whose contracts are set to expire by the end of this year. In a news release Thursday, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said Marcos issued…
Malacañang bares 2025 holidays - Philippine News Agency
Oct 31, 2024 · MANILA – Malacañang bared the list of regular holidays and special non-working days for 2025. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed Proclamation 727 on Oct. 30, declaring holidays for next year. A copy of the proclamation was made public Thursday. According to the issuance, the following…
PH posts one of highest economic growth in Asia in 2024
Dec 27, 2024 · MANILA – The Philippine economy was one of the fastest-growing in Asia this year despite global challenges such as geopolitical tensions. Philippine economic growth settled at 5.2 percent in the third quarter of the year, bringing the average expansion to 5.8 percent in the first three quarters.…
Bicam approves final version of 2025 national budget
Dec 11, 2024 · MANILA – The bicameral conference committee on Wednesday approved the final version of House Bill No. 10800 or the proposed PHP6.352 trillion 2025 national budget. The measure retained the PHP733 million budget for the Office of the Vice President. Senators and members of the House of…
PH men's football team eyes first finals stint in ASEAN C'ship
Dec 29, 2024 · MANILA – The Philippine men's national football team guns for a golden opportunity to enter the finals of the ASEAN Championship Mitsubishi Electric Cup for the first time when it meets Thailand again in their two-leg semifinal duel at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok on Monday night.Match time…
NEDA: 2025 GAA key to human capital dev’t, poverty reduction
Dec 30, 2024 · SUPPORTING PDP GOALS.Filipinos queue up at a job fair in Pasay City in November 2024. National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the 2025 General Appropriations Act signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday (Dec 30) will support programs in developing human capital …
Environment - Philippine News Agency
Jan 9, 2025 · Gov’t launches 'action partnership' to curb plastic pollution. January 23, 2025, 5:23 pm MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Thursday launched the National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) Philippines to effectively address the country's plastic waste problem.
National - Philippine News Agency
2 days ago · DA mulls NFA rice buffer stock release amid high prices. January 29, 2025, 3:11 pm MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to release 150,000 metric tons of National Food Authority (NFA) rice stocks to mitigate high prices …