MANILA: The specialty hospitals operated by the Department of Health (DOH) all received higher budgets this year to allow them to serve more patients who require treatment, particularly those who cannot afford it, Senator Sonny Angara said on Friday.Un…
BUTUAN CITY: Educational assistance payouts started Friday for 2,500 indigent students from the second legislative district of Agusan del Norte province.“Each of the 161 indigent high school and college students from Carmen town received PHP4,000 educa…
MANILA: The three-day Travel Tour Expo (TTE) formally opened on Friday, with hopes to attract more locals and foreigners to tour around the country with affordable travel deals and packages.The expo, organized by the Philippine Travel Agencies Associat…
BAGUIO CITY: The city government is mulling privatizing the garbage management system of the city, which last year spent PHP186 million on waste management alone, an official said on Friday.“We are studying the cost-benefit of privatizing the managemen…
BANGKOK: The economic growth in East Asia is projected to accelerate in 2023 driven by an improvement in the Chinese economy, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) said here on Thursday.Quoting the UN World Economic Sit…
DAVAO CITY: The city government has expanded the digitalization of payments in its public markets, helping microentrepreneurs achieve cashless transactions.Davao City Economic Enterprises officer-in-charge Maximo Macalipes Jr. said the “PalengQR” progr…
