Vice President Leni Robredo met with doctors and hospital executives from Camarines Sur to discuss ways on how to address the recent coronavirus surge in her home province. Vice Leni Robredo meets with doctors and hospital representatives in Naga City for COVID-19 response. (Photo from Robredo’s...
Senator Leila de Lima questioned on Saturday, June 5, the move of the House of Representatives to include a P54.6-billion allocation for pension and gratuity fund of uniformed personnel in the proposed Bayanihan 3 law. Senator Leila de Lima (REUTERS) De Lima, chairperson of the Senate social...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund Villafuerte said Saturday, June 5, that the "lousy" working relationship of the House of Representatives with Malacañang and the Senate has led to the "fiasco" of the proposed third Bayanihan law "not likely to see the light of day". Villafuerte expressed...
Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Mike Defensor on Thursday, June 3 warned government hospitals against violating the Bayanihan 2 law by denying health workers cash incentives granted them by Congress. Defensor disclosed that he has received complaints from several health workers in various public...
Volunteers of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) expressed their gratitude for the “big inspiration” and “hope and faith” that programs like the Bayanihan E-Konsulta (BEK), a free online medical teleconsultation, brought them. Vice President Leni Robredo shared on her personal Facebook...
A group of education workers has described as “shameful” and “tackless” the Duterte government’s lack of interest in the proposed P401-billion Bayanihan to Arise as One Act or Bayanihan 3, which was passed by the House of Representatives on third and final reading on June 1. (FACEBOOK /...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has gone back to its roots with its "Metro Bayanihan: I MM" project, which it launched Tuesday morning, June 1 with a clean-up of Estero de Tripa de Gallina in Manila. A scene during the Metro Bayanihan launch on June 1, 2021 at Estero de Tripa...
The government is not in a rush to seek the passage of a third stimulus package for the coronavirus response and recovery efforts since it was still spending the existing budget. Las Piñas City residents wait for their turn at a COVID vaccination site inside a mall on May 30, 2021. (Ali...
Former House speaker and Taguig Representative Alan Peter Cayetano on Saturday, May 29, disclosed that their "Sampung Libong Pag-asa" initiative has the 1,000 mark with 550 beneficiaries from the province of Bulacan and other parts of the country receiving P10,000 in cash assistance. The latest...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has reiterated the need for funds to implement the proposed Bayanihan 3 law. Senator Christopher 'Bong' Go (Office of Sen. Bong Go/MANILA BULLETIN) Go, chairman of the Senate committee of health and a close ally of the Duterte administration, maintained that...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The House of Representatives this week failed the nation’s public school teachers as the chamber passed the so-called Bayanihan 3 bill. While the House inserted and approved the P54-billion pension fund for police and military pension that is totally unrelated to the pandemic...
State audit examiners have questioned the Baguio City government in connection with its handling of over P100 million in funds to finance emergency programs aimed at addressing the adverse effects of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The Commission on Audit (COA) revealed its...
