00:00This is PTV Balita Ngayon. All medical services in public tertiary hospitals are free this day,
00:11in accordance with President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.'s schedule.
00:14According to the Department of Health, this is also in accordance with the President's directive.
00:19Inpatients, outpatients, and those in emergency medical services will not be charged.
00:25These include hospital bill, medicine, laboratory, diagnostic procedure, dental services, implants therapy,
00:34rehabilitative services, chemotherapy, and dialysis.
00:38For more details, you can check with the medical social services of public tertiary hospitals.
00:47President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr. was the first to distribute Certificates of Condemnation with Release of Mortgage
00:54for Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija, today.
01:00Around 1,800 certificates were given by the government under the program.
01:09This is in accordance with the new Agrarian Emancipation Act.
01:13At the same time, the President continues to recognize the sacrifices of farmers
01:18to strengthen the sector of agriculture and food security in the country.
01:24This means that more than P270 million pesos were borrowed by agrarian reform beneficiaries here in Nueva Ecija.
01:35All of that has been erased.
01:38With the help of this, the weight of your farms will be lifted and there will be a chance to recover and to start again.
01:55The Tropical Storm Bebinga is now in the Tropical Storm category as it approaches the Philippine Area of Responsibility.
02:02This is the last time that the Tropical Storm hit more than 1,000 kilometers of the East of Extreme Northern Luzon.
02:08Despite this, the Tropical Storm was still strong so the rainy weekend is expected, especially in Southern Luzon and Visayas.
02:17It is expected to enter the PAR later tonight, where it will be called the Tropical Storm 4D.
02:23It will remain in the country for a few hours before leaving the PAR again.
02:29That is the news for now. For other updates, please follow and like our social media sites at PTVPH.
02:37I am Naomi Timurso for Pambansang TV in Bangkok, Philippines.
