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A “chef de mission” meeting is set in early January as preparations shift to high gear with under only five months before the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) opening ceremony in Hanoi on May 12 next year, Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Rep. Bambol Tolentino said. The meeting will be held face-to-face — the first […]
The chairman of the House Committee on Energy lauded the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and all those in the energy sector for restoring power to areas ravaged by Typhoon Odette in time for the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel Arroyo said he has been in constant coordination with […]
A leader of the House of Representatives suggested tapping the quick response fund (QRF) from various government agencies to help raise President Rodrigo Duterte’s P10-billion pledge for immediate assistance to the victims of Typhoon Odette. House Deputy Speaker Isidro Ungab said the money that can be tapped from these QRFs may be utilized for the […]
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco assured the public that the House of Representatives will continue to pass vital measures that will help the country in its fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “Rest assured that we in the House of Representatives will remain steadfast and resolute in enacting vital pieces of legislation that will help […]
A lawmaker urged the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to allow private subdivisions or villages to do their own booster vaccination for their residents. Quezon City Representative Precious Hipolito Castelo said the authorities should expect crowding in many vaccination sites with the government’s decision to shorten the time for […]
Baguio Representative Mark Go expressed hope that the bill creating a school for the arts in the city will soon be passed by the Senate. This as the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill (HB) 10556 which seeks to create the Baguio City High School for the Arts, which is […]
A party-list lawmaker said updating the National Building Code deserves urgent legislative action to ensure that structures across the country are disaster-resilient. Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Representative Bernadette Herrera said disaster adaptation and mitigation are the only viable solutions to the country’s predicament as being disaster-prone. Herrera said homes and communities designed to withstand typhoons, floods, […]
House Committee on Disaster Resilience chairperson, Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez of Leyte, said a centralized government agency is necessary to make disaster preparedness more comprehensive, responsive, and customized based on technical and scientific analysis. Torres-Gomez said the disparity in disaster preparation and response from one local government unit (LGU) to another has been made apparent in […]
The airlifting of food and medical supplies has begun to help the distressed residents of Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte, one of the areas devastated by Typhoon Odette. In his Facebook post, Surigao del Norte 1st District Rep. Francisco Jose Matugas said an airplane carrying 5 tons of food, including medical supplies, and a […]
A lawmaker at the House of Representatives urged the Department of Health to remove or suspend the limit in the dispensing of over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drugs. In filing House Resolution 2420, Senior Citizens Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes said the limitation on dispensing prescription and OTC drugs to senior citizens has led to numerous complaints […]