Lawmaker pushes further expansion of PhilHealth coverage

Luisa Cabato 10/29/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker has urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to increase by 20 percent its benefits coverage. In a statement on Sunday, AGRI party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee cited inflation as one of the…

US TV networks stop live coverage of Trump address due to ‘lies’

Agence France Presse 11/06/2020

WASHINGTON–Several US TV networks late Thursday halted live coverage of Donald Trump’s first public appearance since election night after concluding that the president was spreading disinformation. Trump unleashed a flood of incendiary and unsubstantiated claims in a…

41 journalists ask SC to lift Duterte’s coverage ban vs Rappler

Inquirer 04/30/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Forty-one journalists from different news organizations on Tuesday filed a petition for intervention asking the Supreme Court (SC) to lift President Rodrigo Duterte’s coverage ban against online news site Rappler. The petition was lodged…

Duterte signs law expanding PhilHealth coverage to all Filipinos

Inquirer.net 02/21/2019

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday signed a law giving all Filipinos access to health care services. The Universal Health Care Act expands PhilHealth coverage to include all citizens of the Philippines, and its services to provide members…

Sun Cellular boosts LTE coverage to maintain 59% Cebu market share

Irene R. Sino Cruz 11/26/2018

SUN Cellular plans to retain its 59 percent market share in Cebu by offering wider and better internet connection in Cebu. “Cebu has long been known as a ‘Sun Country’ and we hope to keep this moniker…

City to expand coverage of free bus rides

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/16/2018

THE success of the free bus rides being offered by the city for workers from the business processing outsource (BPO) industry has prompted the Cebu City Government to expand its coverage, and add another route. Nanette Garong,…

‘Libreng Gamot para sa Masa’ expands coverage

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/26/2017

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has expanded their Libreng Gamot para sa Masa (Lingap sa Masa) medical service for indigent individuals. Leah Quintana, information officer of DSWD-7, said the program with P131-million budget is…

On covering anti-drug operations

Editorial 09/08/2017

Should reporters and correspondents join anti-drug operations if only to prove that there are no killings of drug suspects contrary to claims of their families and rights groups? That’s the question that arose after President Rodrigo Duterte…

Palace to accredit bloggers in presidential coverage

Inquirer 08/09/2017

Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has signed an interim policy for accrediting bloggers to cover the events of President Rodrigo Duterte. Andanar signed on August 8 Department Order no. 15 entitled “Interim Social Media Practitioner Accreditation.” “In the…

Malacañang told: Protect mediamen on crisis coverage

06/22/2017

Secure mediamen covering the Marawi armed conflict. This was the appeal raised by different media organizations in a meeting with the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) held on Wednesday. Representatives from six media organizations present…

Masking the stink

Editorial 04/02/2017

Call it coincidence but President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest broadsides against the media, specifically the Philippine Daily Inquirer and ABS-CBN, came at a time when two lawmakers supposedly allied with him got mired in a very public squabble…

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