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The bicameral conference on the proposed Bayanihan 2 bill has cleared the way for the early installation of cell towers in the country when it adopted a proposal of Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon suspending permits sought by telecommunications companies (telcos) for three years.

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate basic education committee, is urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to give teachers as with non-teaching staff assurance relating to their health care needs, including the cost of treatment should they test positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prior to distributing self-learning modules (SLMs) for the opening of classes on Oct. 5.

Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong’’ Go reiterated a whole-of-nation approach would further enhance response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Senator Christopher Lawrence ‘’Bong’’ Go today thanked President Duterte and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones for heeding calls for the postponement of school classes this school year.         

Senator Christopher Lawrence ‘’Bong’’ Go attended Friday the virtual launch of the country’s 79th Malasakit Center which opened at the Laguna Medical Center in Santa Cruz, Laguna. The Malasakit Center is the 40th in Luzon and sixth in the CALABARZON Region.

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, has filed two bills to strengthen the national program for eradicating tuberculosis (TB) and to expand the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) coverage of treatment services for kidney failure.

Senator Panfilo M. Lacson said Thursday he stands by a certification from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) he read in last Tuesday’s public hearing of the Senate Committee of the Whole that B. Braun Avitum Dialysis Center Inc. is not registered as a corporation.        

B. Braun Avitum, the German firm linked to allegations of irregularities at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHilHealth), said today it fully supports the Senate's current PhilHealth in-person and virtual public hearing.

Sen. Christopher Lawrence ‘’Bong" Go sought the further postponement of the opening of classes on Aug. 24 to October to give more time for students, teachers, learning institutions, and education authorities to prepare.

Department of Health (DoH) Secretary Francisco Duque III was the "big elephant" that was not present in the first two hearings of the Senate Committee of the Whole regarding PhilHealth's unbridled corruption, Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson said Thursday.

"Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson, vice chairman of the Senate Committee of the Whole, is not the enemy of the State. Instead, the enemies are the corrupt officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth)."

Senator Imee R. Marcos wants the Senate Committee of the Whole to dig deeper into the annual overpayments to the tune of billions of pesos by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to health care institutions for pneumonia cases.

Senator Panfilo M. Lacson said today he would ask Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III why he has been silent over the widespread corruption at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) when he appears before the Senate Committee of the Whole on Tuesday.

Senator Imee R. Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate economic affairs, today said it is not too late for the government to modify its mandatory requirement for commuters and employees to start wearing face shields in addition to using face masks on Saturday.

There is a powerful mafia or syndicate that controls the multi-billion peso operations at the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) that even a weekly change of its president or even a superman could not uproot.

Senator Panfilo M. Lacson today said Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) officials face possible additional charges in the on-going Senate Committee of the Whole public hearing on alleged widespread corruption in that agency,

Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go today reminded the Department of Health (DOH) to provide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hazard pay, other allowances and benefits to health workers on time and in accordance with the law.

Senator Christopher Lawrence ‘’Bong’’ Go has proposed the preventive suspension of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) officials accused of committing fraud to protect the integrity of the investigation to be conducted by the Task Force led by the Department of Justice.