DAVAO CITY – First Congressional District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, through his son Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte, with China-Davao Consul General Zhao Xiuzhen, turned over 320 sewing machines to Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on Wednesday, August 2.

The turnover and blessing of the “320 units of household sewing machines” donated by the First Congressional District Office and the People’s Republic of China in Davao to the city government were held at People’s Park in the presence of the 11 tribes.

Itinulak ni Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte ang pagsasabatas ng Patient Navigation and Referral System upang maging magkaka-ugnay umano ang mga healthcare providers at mas madaling malaman ng mga pasyente kung saan maaaring pumunta para makapagpagamot.

Ayon kay Duterte. ang One Hospital Command, na kalaunan ay tinawag na National Patient Navigation and Referral Center (NPNRC) ay ginamit noong kasagsagan ng COVID-19 pandemic upang malaman ng mga pasyente kung saan sila maaaring pumunta.

A MINDANAO congressman has filed a measure that aims to institutionalize the pandemic-era patient navigation and referral system to maintain and further expand the linkages among healthcare providers throughout the country and enable Filipinos to immediately gain access to medical care and treatment.

“The One Hospital Command, which was later called the National Patient Navigation and Referral Center (NPNRC), was used during the pandemic mainly as a means to quickly refer Covid-19 patients to available nearby hospitals and healthcare facilities. This should be improved and expanded into a nationwide network and given sufficient funding to be an effective component of our Universal Health Care (UHC) program,” Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte said.

Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte has filed a measure seeking to institutionalize the Patient Navigation and Referral System to provide better linkages among healthcare providers to ensure patients’ access to medical care and treatment.

“The One Hospital Command, which was later called the National Patient Navigation and Referral Center (NPNRC), was used during the pandemic mainly as a means to quickly refer COVID-19 patients to available nearby hospitals and healthcare facilities. This should be improved and expanded into a nationwide network and given sufficient funding to be an effective component of our Universal Health Care (UHC) program,” Duterte said.

DURING the second regular session of the Congress, Davao City First District Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte together with Benguet Representative Eric Yap filed House Bill (HB) 4927 in an aim to free the qualified indigents from the burden of paying for licensure examinations.

Under HB 4927 or “An Act providing for Free Professional Examinations to Qualified Indigents”, “qualified indigents” refer to “persons with no visible means of income or support, or whose income may not be sufficient for the subsistence or basic needs of his family, as may be determined by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).”

Kinalampag ni Davao City Cong. Paolo Duterte ang mga kapwa mambabatas na maaksyunan na ang inihaing panukala na gawing libre ang licensure examinations sa bansa.


Ang House Bill 4927 o Free Professional Examinations Act ay noong Setyembre 2022 pa inihain nina Duterte at Benguet Rep. Eric Yap pero nakabinbin pa rin hanggang ngayon.

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker has sought for the passage of a bill he filed, which seeks to remove professional and bar examination fees for qualified indigents, to ensure that financial woes would not hinder career aspirations.

In a statement, Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte said that he and Benguet Rep. Eric Yap hope that their colleagues at the House of Representatives would “swiftly act on the bill so that it could soon benefit indigents who will take the licensure examinations.”

Hindi maikakaila na malaki ang naging masamang epekto ng nakaraang pandemya sa sektor ng edukasyon, hindi lamang dito sa ating bansa kundi maging sa ibang parte ng mundo.

Marami ng problema sa sektor ng edukasyon natin na lalo pang pinalala ng pandemya. Sa isang pag-aaral na ginawa ng World Bank bago pa mag-pandemya, nakitang siyam sa sampung PIlipinong mag-aaral na nakaabot ng Grade 5 ay kulang ang kaalaman sa reading o pagbasa.

ISINULONG ni Davao City 1st. Dist. Congressman Paolo Z. Duterte ang isang panukalang batas sa Kamara de Representantes na naglalayong gawing libre ang mga “licensure examinations fees” para sa mga qualified indigent Filipino o yung mga walang kakayahang magbayad ng nasabing bayarin dala ng kanilang kahirapan.

Ito ang nakapaloob sa House Bill No. 4927 na inihain ni Congressman Duterte kasama si Benguet Congressman Eric Yap para maging libre ang pagbabayad ng mga fees para sa mga indigent Filipino. Matapos nilang igiit na hindi dapat maging handlang ang pagbabayad ng mga licensure examination fees para hindi maging propesyunal ang isang indigent o mahirap na mamamayan.

Isinusulong ni Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte na gawing libre ang mgabayarin sa licensure examination, kasama na ang Bar Exam.

Ayon sa Kongresista, hindi dapat maging hadlang ang mataas na gastusin sa mga nasabing examination, bago makamit ng mga nagsipagtapos ang kanilang lisensiya.

A BILL seeking to allow qualified indigents to take the Bar and other licensure examinations for free has been filed at the House of Representatives to remove another obstacle for poor but deserving students.

Rep. Paolo Duterte of Davao City and Rep. Eric Yap of Benguet have filed House Bill No. 4927 to provide the benefit to graduates from poor families “in order to level the playing field amongst all future professional examination takers.”

Hinimok ni Davao City Rep Paolo Duterte ang Kongreso na magpasa ng mga batas para sa education reforms na tutugon sa jobs-skills mismatch at tiyakin na job ready ang mga Pinoy graduates.

Ang pahayag ay ginawa ni Duterte matapos magpahayag ng pagkaalarma si Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) president Benedicta Du-Baladad sa kasalukuyang estado ng edukasyon sa bansa kung saan maraming graduates ang bigo pa rin na makakuha ng makakuha ng trabaho dahil ang kanilang skills ay hindi tumutugma sa ” demands” ng job market.