LAWMAKER SEEKS HIGHER PAY FOR GOVT DOCTORS
IN a bid to encourage doctors to stay in the country instead of looking for jobs overseas, a lawmaker has introduced a proposal seeking to increase the salary grade and additional benefits to doctors employed by the government.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th, filed Senate bill 319, which seeks to address the exodus of doctors, which according to him has taken a toll on the country’s health service. JEFFERSON ANTIPORDA
PDEA SEEKS TO IMPROVE TRAINING OF CANINE PROVIDERS
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) intends to empower private canine service providers to bolster the quality and credibility of accredited drug-sniffing dogs in the country. Undersecretary Arturo Cacdac Jr., PDEA director general said that efforts have been made to amend the provision concerning pieces of drug evidence no longer needed by the courts be made available to K-9 schools as training aids. JING VILLAMENTE
Published : Thursday January 17, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:115
By : NEIL A. ALCOBER REPORTER
THE legal counsel of martial law human rights victims has chided the Philippine government, claiming that the biggest stumbling block for the compensation of the victims is the opposition from it and not from the Marcoses. Read more
Published : Thursday January 17, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:89
By : WILLIAM B. DEPASUPIL
INCOMING chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista vowed on Wednesday to bring down the insurgency problem to a negligible level before the end of his tour of duty or before the Aquino administration vows... Read more
Published : Thursday January 17, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:86
By : JING VILLAMENTE
Employees of the Agrarian Undersecretary Felix Perry Villanueva, Finance Management Office (FMAO) officer-in-charge, stormed his office on Tuesday, to condemned the purported militarization of the department’s perimeter. Read more
Published : Thursday January 17, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:81
By : JOHN CONSTANTINE G. CORDON
EVEN if she is only holding an ad interim position in the Commission on Elections (Comelec), poll member Ma. Graciela “Grace” Padaca still believes that impeachment must first be initiated before she faces her corruption charge. Read more
Published : Wednesday January 16, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:293
By : JING VILLAMENTE REPORTER
The prosecution’s bid to turn into a state witness the backhoe operator who supposedly dug the graves of the massacre victims was opposed by the defense team handling the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre case. Read more
