In response to the imminent danger in public health posed by recent confirmed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases in the country and worldwide, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) bared its package for confirmed cases of MERS-CoV, a viral respiratory illness caused by...
CBCP statement on the ongoing Mamasapano investigation Congress has commenced its inquiry into that sad episode of our recent history — the slaughter of 44 gallant men of the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police. We note that the two chambers of the Legislature...
The Davao City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO) has recorded 50 rebel returnees from 2011 up to 2015 in which all of them are now under the support of the local government through grants given last year under the Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP). With...
Pastoral Statement of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on the Draft Bangsamoro Basic Law To All People of Good Will: Peace be with you! With this greeting of peace we as religious leaders share with you our thoughts on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). Our...
DAGUPAN City, Pangasinan, Jan. 26, 2015—More than the absence of conflict, for the head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), peace goes hand in hand with justice, stressing it is not the fruit of a mere handshake or an embrace. In a pastoral...
A lawmaker is seeking to expand the benefits under the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) to cover even outpatient medical and surgical care. Rep. Scott Davies S. Lanete (3rd District, Masbate), a medical doctor, said his proposal embodied in House Bill 5265 seeks to recognize that...
A lawmaker is urging Congress to approve a bill creating a research body to make mining activities in the country become more responsible and ultimately more acceptable to the people. Rep. Erlpe John “Ping” M. Amante (2nd District, Agusan del Norte) said House Bill 5293 establishes...
The former secretary of the peace process Atty. Jesus Dureza said that there's a need to manage the expectations of everyone in the ongoing peace process. "Peace-building is incremental. It can be a work of a lifetime," Dureza said during his input on the 42nd Bishops-Ulama...
Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Director Romeo V. Montenegro said that Mindanao is better-shaped in 2015. During Kapehan sa Davao Press Conference held at the SM City Davao Annex last Dec 5, 2015 he also said that good things happened last 2014, which has a total GRDP...
The former secretary of the peace process Atty. Jesus Dureza said that there’s a need to manage the expectations of everyone in the ongoing peace process....