The Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) free teleconsultation initiative will stop operating once it ascertains that the coronavirus cases in the country have further dropped in the coming days. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) Vice President Leni Robredo, however,...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday urged Senate and House lawmakers to prioritize the passage of the proposed third stimulus package that would help spur the country’s economic recovery from the damage brought about by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic when Congress resumes...
Over P221 million cash assistance for more than 44,000 tourism workers in the Western Visayas have been approved by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to assist them amid the ongoing pandemic. (Photo from Department of Tourism / MANILA BULLETIN) A...
The Senate will be looking into the suggestion to include a P54.6-billion allocation for the pension of police, military and other uniformed personnel under the proposed Bayanihan 3. Senate President Vicente Sotto acknowledged varying views about the inclusion of pension funds in the measure that...
Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas on Monday, May 3, expressed confidence that the proposed Bayanihan 3 law will get strong support and will likely be passed swiftly as soon as regular sessions resume on May 16. `Vargas, chairman of the House Committee on Social Services and a co-author of the bill,...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund "LRay" Villafuerte has filed a bill that seeks to further extend the validity and effectivity of the "Bayanihan to Recover as One" Act, or Bayanihan 2 until December 31 this year. Camaarines Sur 2nd District Rep. LRay Villafuerte Villafuerte said this would...
After receiving numerous requests for the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) COVID-19 Care Kits, Vice President Leni Robredo clarified that the kits will only be sent to patients of Bayanihan E-Konsulta upon a doctor’s recommendation. VP Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) Robredo...
Vice President Leni Robredo is calling on nurses, allied health workers, and medical interns and clerks apart from doctors to volunteer for her initiative, the Bayanihan E-Konsulta free medical teleconsult service for COVID-19 and non-COVID outpatients. Robredo opened the registration for medical...
Vice President Leni Robredo had to spend the last two weeks in quarantine after being exposed to a COVID-19 positive close-in security, but she used her time well. If she was not attending to her office’s various projects, Robredo can be found reading books about women leaders such as former...
Vice President Leni Robredo repeated her call on Monday, April 26, for volunteer doctors, particularly psychiatrists and psychologists, to address the thousands of requests her Bayanihan E-Konsulta initiative has been receiving. A few days after she called for volunteers earlier this month, the...
The Bayanihan spirit that started in Maginhawa St. Quezon City, initiated by Ann Patricia Non, created a ripple effect in less than a week. Thus, it came without a surprise why community pantries or bodega ng bayan sprouted like mushrooms nationwide. But while many organizers set up tables on their...
A resident of Maginhawa expresses her happiness after getting vegetables from the community pantry. (Noel Pabalate) A day after 26-year-old Ann Patricia Non installed the community pantry at 96 Maginhawa St., Diliman, Quezon City, donations such as rice, vegetables, eggs, canned goods, biscuits,...
