PBBM, nagpasalamat sa suporta ng Australia kaugnay ng isyu sa West PH Sea;
Sen. Ejercito, personal na hiniling kay PBBM na suspindihin muna ang premium rate hike sa PhilHealth
Sen. Ejercito, personal na hiniling kay PBBM na suspindihin muna ang premium rate hike sa PhilHealth
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00:10 Australia, because of its support in the Philippines, regarding issues in West Philippine Sea.
00:15 The President explained, after the unification of the Philippines and Australia, to maintain
00:22 the peace in the region and following United Nations Conventions of the Law of the Sea.
00:28 He was also productive in his assistance to the Australian officials, where the cooperation
00:35 and coordination of the two countries were further increased.
00:37 The three important allies of the Philippines and Australia were able to reach a strategic
00:45 partnership.
00:46 We concluded three agreements with Australia in the fields of maritime cooperation, cyber
00:53 and critical technology, and the implementation of competition laws.
00:57 Concluding such MOUs will pave the way for more mutually beneficial undertakings, information
01:03 sharing and capacity building foreseen to promote closer bilateral ties and also to
01:10 contribute to regional development, peace and prosperity.
01:14 Australia remains and will continue to be one of our closest friends.
01:18 In other personal news requested by Senator J.V.
01:23 Hercito to President Ferdinand R.
01:25 Marcos Jr.
01:26 to suspend and not continue the ban on the contribution of PhilHealth.
01:32 The principal author of the Universal Healthcare Act, explained by the Senator that the additional
01:38 contribution was based on the time when the COVID-19 pandemic did not yet hit and because
01:44 the country is slowly recovering from the pandemic, Hercito urged the President not to
01:50 implement the premium rate hike of PhilHealth while awaiting the proposed amendment to the
01:57 UHC law.
01:58 According to the President, he is still waiting for PhilHealth's explanation as to why the
02:04 premium rate hike should be implemented.
02:06 And those are the changes for this time.
02:10 For more updates, follow our social media sites @ptvph.
02:15 I am Rodrigo Rizeta for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.