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Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte wants the National Task Force Against Covid-19 (NTF) to conduct rapid antigen testing of people entering and leaving the “NCR Plus” bubble as a more effective test-based strategy to contain the quick spread of the coronavirus and its more infectious variants amid the alarming spike in caseload since mid-March that […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles recently led the launching of the Tutok Kainan Supplementation Program in Bacolod City and in other areas of Negros Occidental, calling the joint project with the National Nutrition Council (NNC) “a concrete and positive step aimed at addressing the nutrition needs of pregnant women to ensure healthy Filipino children.” Nograles, who […]
More than a year ahead of the 2022 polls, Senator Win Gatchalian pushed anew for tax exemption on the honoraria, travel allowance, and other benefits granted to poll workers, especially the teachers, officials, and personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd). Senate Bill No. 1193, which Gatchalian filed in 2019, seeks to further amend Section […]
Senator Joel Villanueva bared that although he is open to discussing the P420-billion Bayanihan 3 in the Senate, it is also imperative to ensure the effective implementation of previously passed legislation against the COVID-19 crisis now ravaging the country. Villanueva issued the statement after mounting calls to have the House-initiated Bayanihan 3 declared as urgent […]
As families continue to struggle with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Win Gatchalian bats for institutionalizing the Parent Effectiveness Service (PES) program to help parents meet the learning needs of their children and provide them with socio-emotional support. “Senate Bill No. 1985 or the Parent Effectiveness Service (PES) Program Act aims to capacitate […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has taken steps to intervene into the management of an electric cooperative in Misamis Oriental through the creation of a task force aimed at improving the power distribution utility’s operational efficiency. The NEA Board of Administrators passed Resolution No. 2021-44, approving the deactivation of the Board of Directors of the […]
With at least P20 billion in funds, the government should roll out a more aggressive testing and contact tracing program for the coronavirus to locate as many carriers of the infection and curb its spread, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. Pangilinan made the call as public and private hospitals in Metro Manila and nearby provinces are […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has welcomed Malacañang’s release of P22.9 billion in financial assistance to low-income families in the so-called “NCR Plus” bubble, but pressed nonetheless for the congressional approval of the so-called Ayuda bill to further boost household spending across the country amid a fresh coronavirus surge that has further hurt business confidence and dampened […]
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri has expressed his support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement that the private sector will now be allowed to buy COVID-19 vaccines at will. “I laud the decision of the President to allow the private sector to import and buy vaccines at will, as this will be able to assist […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, together with officers of Task Force Yolanda and the National Housing Authority (NHA), led an online groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of 314 free housing units to beneficiaries in Sogod, Cebu, further committing to deliver the units soonest to this area in in Central Visayas. The Malacañang official, chairperson of the […]