President Duterte lamented that his six-year term will be judged solely on his administration’s COVID-19 response and not on the campaign promises he has fulfilled. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his sixth and final State of the Nation Address on July 26, 2021. (Malacañang) This is despite...
President Duterte may have been given with the "wrong" information when he was chiding lawmakers for calling out the underspending of COVID-19 response funds. President Duterte and Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (Malacañang) Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III gave this assumption...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Sunday, July 25 denied he criticized the Duterte administration for underspending the funds under the "Bayanihan" laws which Congress rushed to pass to augment the government's COVID-19 response programs. Lacson made a clarification after he and Senate President...
Senators are more inclined to include COVID-19 assistance packages in the 2022 national budget instead of passing a third Bayanihan law. Senate of the Philippines (Senate PRIB) Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said this Monday, July 19, as the upper chamber prepares for the opening of the...
Various health workers from public and private hospitals in Metro Manila have decried the non-release of their benefits as Bayanihan to Recover as One Act 2 (Bayanihan 2) ended. (Photo from AHW) According to the Alliance of Health Workers, as of June 30, some health workers from public hospitals...
Senator Joel Villanueva said that he will be disappointed if the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) indeed failed to utilize the funds allocated for education amid the COVID-19 pandemic Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB/Henzberg Austria)...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Beyond the pandemic, Filipinos envision a long-term future where they would “enjoy a strongly rooted, comfortable and secure life” (matatag, maginhawa at panatag na buhay). Such aspiration is framed in AmBisyon Natin, a 25-year development plan crafted by the...
Fearing that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19 ) pandemic might escalate, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Wednesday, July 14, that implementation of social protection measures, such as the grant of cash subsidies to vulnerable sectors should be continued. The Department...
Over 20.8 million beneficiaries have benefited from the government’s social amelioration initiatives, receiving financial assistance worth about P220.7 billion under the Bayanihan laws, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Wednesday, July 14. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Wednesday, July 14, called out the Commission on Audit (COA) as well as other media reports pointing out its “low utilization rate” of the Bayanihan 2 funds. CHED Chairperson Popoy De Vera (Photo from CHED) “The media reports, and for that matter...
A speedy release and spending of government appropriations could boost the Philippines' credit outlook, senators said on Tuesday, July 13. Senate of the Philippines (Senate PRIB) Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said the downgrading of the Philippines' credit outlook to negative was...
To promote active transportation in the country, the government this month completed 497 kilometers (kms) of pavement markings, physical separators and road signages in the National Capital Region, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao under the P1.09 Billion Bayanihan Bike Lane Networks project....
