00:00PTV Balita is now here.
00:07The Department of Social Welfare and Development is ready to expand the first food bank in the country, Walang Gutom Kitchen.
00:15According to DSWD Social Technology Bureau OIC Division Chief Jason Uhabel,
00:21they are also studying the addition or addition of the location of Walang Gutom Kitchen
00:26and that many beneficiaries will benefit from it.
00:29Along with considering the opening of soup kitchens in various highly mobilized cities in the National Capital Region
00:35and also the deployment of mobile kitchens.
00:38It is also a target for DSWD to expand its partnership with the private sector
00:43and to attract more volunteers.
00:46As of now, more than 12,000 individuals benefited from Walang Gutom Kitchen.
00:53In our time, half of the time will be sunny in the country today.
00:59Aside from the heavy rains in the Bicol Region, Quezon, Marinduque and Oriental Mindoro due to the shear line.
01:06Easterly is the peak of the heavy rains in Eastern Visayas, Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte.
01:13It will be cloudy with heavy rains in Cagayan Valley, Cordillera, Administrative Region and Aurora due to Amihan.
01:21It will also be cloudy with heavy rains in Metro Manila and most of Quezon.
01:29Most of the country will be partly cloudy with isolated rain showers due to Amihan.
01:40President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assured that the services and benefits of PhilHealth will not be reduced despite the zero subsidy.
01:48According to the President, in fact, it will increase and increase its services now in 2025.
01:56This is my guarantee. My guarantee is very simple.
01:59Even if there is a subsidy, even if there is no subsidy, even if there is a contribution, all of these issues,
02:05PhilHealth's services will not be reduced.
02:10PhilHealth's payment to the insurance claim will not be reduced.
02:16In fact, we will increase the services that PhilHealth will provide.
02:22We will increase the payment to the insurance claims.
02:28So, I would like to just assure everybody.
02:31Don't worry that the services will be reduced for anyone.
02:36For seniors, for the poor, for the middle class.
02:40Nothing will be reduced, not even a cent.
02:43Quite the opposite.
02:45We will increase that in 2025.
02:48The services that PhilHealth will provide will increase.
02:53The payment that will be given to the insurance claim will increase.
02:58So, don't worry.
03:00Nothing will be lost in the services of PhilHealth.
03:05We are improving the services of PhilHealth
03:08so that more will be given to the people of the country.
03:14Meanwhile, stay tuned for the performance report of the Food and Drug Administration.
03:18We will discuss it with FDA Director General Dr. Samuel Zacate
03:23in Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon program.
03:26You can watch it later at 12 noon on PTV.
03:32And those are the news for now.
03:34For more updates, follow us and like us on our social media platforms at PTVPH.
03:39I am Joshua Garcia for Pambansang TV in Bagong Pilipinas.
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