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The Philippines is assigned an international dialing code of +63 by ITU-T. Telephone numbers are fixed at eight digits for area code 02, and seven digits for area codes from 03X to 09X, with area codes fixed at one, two, or three digits (a six-digit system was used until the mid-1990s; four to five digits were used in the countryside).
The Government Service Insurance System ( Filipino: Paseguruhan ng mga Naglilingkod sa Pamahalaan, abbreviated as GSIS) is a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines. Created by Commonwealth Act No. 186 and Republic Act No. 8291 (GSIS Act of 1997), GSIS is a social insurance institution that provides a defined ...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation ( PhilHealth) was created in 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines. It is a tax-exempt, government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines, and is attached to the Department of Health. On August 4, 1969, Republic Act 6111 or the Philippine Medical Care Act ...
Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation ( PSACC ), formerly branded as Sulpicio Lines, Inc. ( SLI, Tagalog pronunciation: [sulˈpiːʃo] ), is a major shipping line in the Philippines. [1] [2] PSACC is one of the largest domestic shipping and container companies in the Philippines in terms of the number of vessels operated and gross tonnage.
Below is a full list of primary-level subdivisions of local government in the Philippines. As of June 30, 2019, there are 81 provinces ( province ), 33 highly urbanized cities ( HUC ), 5 independent component cities ( ICC ), and one independent municipality ( NCR municipality ). [1] All 120 primary-level LGUs (local government units) are under ...
In 1915, the Bureau of Health was reorganized and renamed into the Philippine Health Service. During the succeeding years leadership and a number of health institutions were already being given to Filipinos, in accordance with the Organic Act of 1916. On January 1, 1919, Dr. Vicente De Jesus became the first Filipino to head the Health portfolio.
The Philippine Heart Center is a hospital specializing in the treatment of heart ailments. It has rooms for paying patients and charity patients [3] and admits more than 14,000 patients every year, including 3,300 that undergo heart surgery. [4] It holds regular training programs for medical professionals. [5]
The Victoriano Luna General Hospital (or simply V. Luna General Hospital ), also known as Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center [3] ( AFP General Hospital ), is one of the Armed Forces of the Philippines ' Wide Support Units tasked to provide medical care to military personnel and civilian human resources of the AFP, which includes ...