Members of various civil society groups, farmers, consumers and academic experts have submitted their petition to the Department of Agriculture, asking for the review of the Biosafety Permits issued to Golden Rice (GR2-E) and BT Eggplant (EE-Eggplant). golden rice In a statement, Bayanihan sa...
Vice President Leni Robredo bemoaned the lack of available hospital beds for COVID-19 patients as her Bayanihan E-Konsulta team struggles to find vacant beds amid the surge of cases in the country, particularly in the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Robredo...
Vice President Leni Robredo is proposing to include the ayuda or cash aid and the conditional cash grant to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the 2022 national budget to curb the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Filipinos and small businesses. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks at...
The Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) Bayanihan E-Konsulta has noted a spike in COVID-19 cases as they are now handling an average of 400 cases per day, a 300 percent increase from a month ago, pushing Vice President Leni Robredo to take on the graveyard shift. OVP Undersecretary Philip Dy...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, August 9, sounded the alarm on a new surge of COVID-19 cases as the average number of positive cases managed through her free teleconsult initiative rose by 200 percent. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Bayanihan E-Konsulta, Robredo’s free mobile medical...
A Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official said on Saturday, August 7, that the department may request for about P6.71 billion in the proposed Bayanihan 3 for the hiring of the additional 25,000 contact tracers as part of the government's coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, August 3, told the officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) not to wait for the Senate to investigate them over the delay in the reimbursements and release of the benefits for hospitals and...
Local government units (LGU) in Metro Manila should take the initiative in providing cash and other forms of aid for their constituents who would be displaced by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to be imposed anew starting August 6. An officer of the DSWD distributes the emergency cash aid...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Saturday, July 31, pressed senators to pass the Bayanihan 3 bill as the government imposes anew the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila due to the threat of the COVID-19 Delta variant. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco- coat and tie ‘’We appeal to our...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto lamented on Tuesday, July 27, the government's seeming "lack of urgency" in spending government funds despite the COVID-19 pandemic. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) About P200 billion of funds under the P4.506-trillion 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA) has...
Former speaker and Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano credited his term as House of Representatives head for most of the legislative achievements that earned commendation from President Rodrigo Duterte during his State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 26. Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano “Most...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) this morning (July 27, 2021) led the inauguration of the P801.8 million, 313-kilometer, Metro Manila Bike Lane Network at Roxas Boulevard, Manila. 08232020_BIKELANE_ROMERO-1024x683 The Metro Manila Bike Lanes use concrete delineators or flexible rubber...
