June 25, 2013
Twenty-five million indigent Filipinos will now have access to basic healthcare services through the Philippine Health Insurance Corp, Senator Loren Legarda said.
This is made possible with the enactment into law of the measure amending the National Health Insurance Act, Legarda said.
Legarda, principal author of the National Health Insurance Act of 2013, said the new measure “is a great leap towards achieving universal healthcare coverage for Filipinos.”
As of 2012, the national government has enrolled to PhilHealth the poorest 5.2 million families […]
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June 25, 2013
In celebration of the 2013 International Seafarers’ Day, Senator Loren Legarda today highlighted the improved benefits and protection that the approximately 400,000 Filipino seafarers are expected to receive when the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) takes effect.
“Thousands of Filipino seafarers will feel the effect of the MLC, 2006 in the coming months as the treaty comes into force in August, a year after the Philippines became the 30th ILO member state to ratify the treaty. Our seafarers will be […]
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June 24, 2013
Twenty-five (25) million indigent Filipinos will now have access to basic healthcare services through the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) with the enactment into law of the measure amending the National Health Insurance Act, Senator Loren Legarda today said.
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June 23, 2013
Typhoons are normal occurrences in a tropical country like the Philippines, with about 20 typhoons hitting the country every year. Lately, however, the Philippines has been experiencing increasing torrential rains even without typhoons. Intense rains, flooded streets, heavy traffic and stranded commuters are becoming part everyday life in Metropolitan Manila and other parts of the country.
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June 22, 2013
WITH 85% of Filipinos saying that they have experienced climate change, Senator Loren Legarda on Friday renewed her call to practice a low-carbon lifestyle.
A recent SWS survey revealed that eight out of 10 Filipinos “personally experienced” the effects of climate change.
“The presence of climate change could not be any clearer than this. Before, climate change was a term for the experts, now our citizens are experiencing it through extreme weather events, which in our country translate to either intense heat […]
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