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Senator Win Gatchalian expressed support for the Bicameral Conference Committee’s adopted version to streamline the process of application for telecommunication companies to build more cell towers. Gatchalian said trimming down permit requirements to only one, which is the building permit, will expedite the existing procedure to improve the country’s digital infrastructure. “There’s a sense of […]
The cost of testing workers for COVID-19 should be charged to PhilHealth since both employer and employee shared in the mandatory monthly contributions to the state health insurer’s fund, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, sought to ensure the effectiveness of infection control by assisting employers to comply with […]
In a bid to stress the importance of basic health protocols, particularly on the use of face masks, Senator Nancy Binay has started the distribution of washable masks to informal sector workers and backliners who support frontliners. As part of her advocacy, Binay has started the “#MaskForAll” and “#BeNiceWearAMask” project to ensure that the public, […]
The city government of Borongan in Eastern Samar donated five photocopying machines to the Department of Education (DepEd) for the printing of distance learning materials for students during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health crisis. Borongan City Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda said the city government is also providing 500 reams of bond paper, of which […]
All 19 barangays of the municipality of Sto. Tomas in Davao del Norte have been equipped with patient care centers for suspected and probable coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, Mayor Ernesto Evangelista said.“Sto. Tomas town is a topnotcher when it comes to receiving locally stranded individuals (LSIs) and we saw the need to put them in a facility […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has reiterated his call for the government to mandate the conduct of regular, randomized testing in the workplace for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed that the majority of COVID-19 cases are from the working age groups. Data from the health department showed that as […]
With the Philippines officially in recession and growth in the education sector down 12.2 percent according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for adequate education funding in the country’s COVID-19 recovery efforts. “The pandemic’s impact on the education sector is manifested in private school enrollment,” said Gatchalian. Based on the […]
With community transmission a large contributor, along with the country’s increased testing capacity, to the growing number of positive cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country, the Philippine Red Cross has volunteered to help the Department of Health (DOH) release positive test results to patients. Senator Dick Gordon, PRC chairman and CEO, stressed […]
Senator Win Gatchalian favors the deployment of military personnel to strictly enforce quarantine measures, citing the need to support the police and barangay officials on the ground who have been falling ill due to COVID-19. Gatchalian said that if quarantine measures, especially the on-going modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed Senate Bill No. 1751 which proposes to create the National Legal Knowledge and Assistance System which shall serve as an online repository of different laws, rules and regulations in our country. The Department of Justice (DOJ), in coordination with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will be mandated […]