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Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte and two other lawmakers want the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) to provide free annual medical checkups for all its members to ensure that every Filipino gets access to preventive care and are able to address potentially serious health conditions possibly in their early stages. With all Filipinos automatically becoming Philhealth members under the Universal Health Care Act, free medical checkups should form part of their benefits, Duterte said. Duterte, Benguet Rep. Eric Yap and ACT-CIS Partylist Rep. Edvic Yap have filed House Bill (HB) 5074 with the goal of automatically entitling every Filipino to free blood sugar and cholesterol tests each year. “To promote health, identify risks, and ensure early...

The National Public Transport Coalition (NPTC) yesterday announced the cancellation of the mass transport strike scheduled for next week in protest of the franchise consolidation of public utility jeepneys and UV express in relation to the government’s transport modernization program. “Since the LTFRB (Land Transportation, Franchising and Regulatory Board) already recalled its recent statement on the public utility jeepneys/UV Express franchise consolidation deadline on June 30, this year, we agreed to temporarily postpone our scheduled mass transport strike next week,” NPTC chairman Ariel Lim said in a statement. Lim added that the transport strike was postponed to give way to the Senate’s ongoing probe on the planned transportation modernization program of the government and out of...

DAVAO CITY – Over 1,000 families affected by the recent flash flood here received relief assistance from the Office of the First Congressional District Representative Paolo Z. Duterte on February 22, Wednesday morning. The First Congressional District Office’s personnel distributed emergency food packs, hot porridge, and breakfast to the flood victims in barangays 2-A, 5-A, 8-A, 9-A, 10-A, 19-B, Matina Gravahan, and Maa, starting at around 2 a.m. on February 22. Several barangays in the city flooded while authorities ordered an evacuation on Tuesday evening following a heavy rainstorm, which caused rivers’ water levels to rise and forced the 1,093 families or 4,300 individuals to leave their houses. The First Congressional District Office ensured that all victims were given...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has seized approximately 2.1 million pesos worth of smuggled cigarettes at Galas Feeder Port in Dipolog City, yesterday, 20 February 2023. The confiscated goods, hidden inside rice bran bags, were detected with the help of the Coast Guard K9 Force. Moreover, the van (estimated market value of 1.2 million pesos) where the smuggled cigarettes were found was also turned over to the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for further investigation and filing of appropriate charges. Source: Philippine Coast Guard