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“We are in a crisis nobody alive has ever seen before. Hindi na super hero ang kailangan natin. Super friends na ang kailangan natin.” This according to Quezon City 6th District Councilor Bobby Castelo who, over the weekend, commented about the temporary suspension of acceptance of vaccine applications for Quezon City due to lack of […]
Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Precious Hipolito-Castelo urged the Inter-agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to allow the homeowners associations of private subdivisions to conduct their own vaccination programs for their respective residents. “This will ease congestion in most vaccination centers in Quezon City and other parts of Metro Manila.” “This will ease […]
Love Baronda, current president of the National Movement of Young Legislators (NMYL), was only a toddler when the group was formally formed 30 years ago. “Who would have thought na two years old pa lang ako, nag-birthing pains pala kayo conceiving this organization. And because of all your hard work, we are the beneficiaries of […]
Senator Joel Villanueva welcomed the inclusion of media workers in the government’s revised priority list of essential workers up for vaccination, but he maintained that vaccine supply should be assured as well. “This updated priority list of essential workers is good news,” said Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee. “Those who keep the public […]
As preparations continue for the rollout of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), Senator Grace Poe urged the concerned agencies to use the platform to expand financial inclusion in the country. “In addition to identifying the legally invisible, we can use the national ID to reach out to the unbanked,” said Poe, who chairs the Senate committee […]
Fifteen units of the Jeepko, Mahagnaw Transport Corp.’s state-of-the-art and highly modernized public utility vehicle, began full operations recently serving commuters between Tacloban City and the nearby town of Tanauan. The Jeepko, a Russian-made 22-seater Euro-4 compliant public utility van, was launched in March 2020 with six units operating during the height of lockdowns due […]
If the government wants to relax quarantine restrictions further and inject life back to the sputtering economy, then it must speed up the vaccination of essential workers in Mega Manila, which accounts for about two-thirds of the country’s economic output, Senator Joel Villanueva said. “Kung nais pong ipagpatuloy ang pagluluwag ng lockdown sa ‘NCR Plus,’ […]
The accumulation of household wastes as a result of the lockdowns, including medical wastes, has given rise to the need for proper waste management and other solid waste management treatment facilities to include waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities as an appropriate waste management strategy, said Senator Win Gatchalian, adding that the Department of Health (DOH) requires medical […]
Pointing out the difference in the pork import figures of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) for 2020, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said the Senate will try to solve both the suspected massive smuggling of pork products and the African swine fever (ASF), which has severely affected local hog growers. […]
Rising infections prompted local officials in Laoag City to convert another evacuation center in Barangay Cabungaan as additional isolation rooms for mild and asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Laoag Mayor Michael Keon said that the COVID-19 situation is getting out of hand and the city government is doing its best to isolate […]