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Senator Risa Hontiveros urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) to declare COVID-19 as an occupational disease so that workers can avail of insurance and other benefits that are demandable under the Employees Compensation Act and Employees Compensation Program. “Workplaces and mass transportation are the new ‘hot spots’ of […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles as Task Force Yolanda Chair, the National Housing Authority, and beneficiary local governments, led the back to back distribution of free housing units in Iloilo on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, as part of the Duterte administration’s commitment to finish all Yolanda housing construction by 2022. The two successive distribution ceremonies were […]
As the number of COVID cases continue to spike on the first year of the first COVID-caused community quarantine, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said the Department of Health to empower local governments so that they can level-up in addressing the challenges of controlling the spread of the disease. “Local governments know what’s happening on the ground, […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 and the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to move teachers up in the priority list for the COVID-19 vaccination program, adding that he supports a similar call from at least 33 education, business and medical groups who […]
Senator Joel Villanueva scored the proposal to exclude certain firms from the government’s vaccine procurement program, saying such a move, if implemented, would hamper the efforts on speeding up the roll out of vaccines across the broader population. Villanueva referred to Section 5 of a draft administrative order by the Department of Health circulating in […]
The local government of Taytay in Rizal said vaccine confidence among its residents has increased since their rollout began while medical frontliners continue to avail of the COVID-19 jabs. Mayor Joric Gacula said that based on talks with residents, the municipal health office’s personnel noted more are willing to be vaccinated. “The number of residents […]
Senator Risa Hontiveros has urged the National Task Force on COVID-19 (NTF) and the Department of Health (DOH) to release a vaccine tracker immediately so that the public can view the progress of the National Vaccination Program after the country contracted another loan of $900 million for vaccines. “Ang taumbayan ang magbabayad ng mga utang […]
As the Philippines faces a surge in COVID-19 cases, Senator Kiko Pangilinan wants the government to provide health kits and financial assistance to the country’s almost 1.5 million fisherfolk, who are suffering from low selling price due to checkpoints and access to ice for their catch. “Wag po nating kalimutan ang ating mga mangingisda dahil […]
Senator Leila de Lima has filed a measure seeking to provide direct cash assistance to small-scale farmers and municipal fisherfolk whose livelihoods have been most severely impacted by the prolonged lockdowns and the economic recession brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. De Lima, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development filed […]
Senator Joel Villanueva stressed the crucial role that surveillance testing plays in keeping millions of jobs alive amid another surge in cases of COVID-19. Villanueva said regular random testing in workplaces could detect sources of coronavirus and stem its transmission and risks of workers bringing the virus home. The chair of the Senate labor committee […]