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The Senate Committees on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations or Blue Ribbon and on Justice and Human Rights have thumbed down a request to transfer the custody of Police Supt. Rodney Raymundo Juico Baloyo IV from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) to the San Fernando City District Jail in San Fernando City, Pampanga. Senator […]
Senator Migz Zubiri is urging the government to prepare a national vaccination program for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as many countries accelerate the development and manufacture of a vaccine against the highly contagious disease. “What would be the best measure of government for our people right now if you want to (go) back to […]
With Cebu being the new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the Philippine Red Cross recently inaugurated its bio-molecular laboratory in Mandaue City. Senator Dick Gordon, PRC chairman and CEO, said the facility, equipped with four RT-polymerase chain reactions machines that are capable of running a combined total 4,000 tests per day, would […]
As the pandemic causes enrollment to drop this coming school year, Senator Kiko Pangilinan is urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to make available more financial aid and other assistance to both students and teachers. “Local government units, through their Special Education Fund and other programs, should offer a wide range of support such as […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III has formally refuted the charges against him before the Department of Justice (DOJ) for alleged violation of quarantine protocols. In his counter-affidavit filed through e-mail, Pimentel said the complaint against him “is fatally defective. “It is based principally on news reports.” “It is based principally on news reports. Considering (complainant) Atty. […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill which seeks to provide protection to delivery riders/drivers, by requiring food and grocery delivery service providers to establish a mandatory reimbursement scheme for cancelled orders. For months now, since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, most people have been confined to their homes to avoid crowded […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging local government units (LGUs) to start dry runs of their localized versions of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Learning Continuity Plan (LCP) with more than a month to go before the opening of classes. While the DepEd is set to conduct distance learning dry runs in the first week of […]
Republic Act 11478, the new law which doubles the bed capacity of the Bicol Medical Center (BMC) from 500 to 1,000, will help the region in its COVID response, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. “This is a timely and welcome intervention, especially now that we are still battling a pandemic. Dalawampu’t isang taon na na hindi nadagdagan […]
To protect informal workers and to ensure they receive aid from the government in times of emergencies, Senator Sonny Angara is calling for the creation of a national database of all members of the informal economy. In filing Senate Bill 1636 or the Informal Economy Registration and National Database Act, Angara noted how a significant […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to penalize distribution utilities (DUs) that fail to comply with its advisories and directives aimed at alleviating the financial difficulties of Filipino power consumers given strict quarantine measures. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, grilled ERC chairperson Agnes Devanadera over the actions that […]