Senator Nancy Binay urged the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure that local health units are able to follow protocols in the handling of life-saving coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. Binay noted at that at least 348 vials of Coronavac had been rendered unusable in Makilala town in Cotabato after...
Most Metro Manila mayors are in favor of shifting the National Capital Region (NCR) to a "strict" General Community Quarantine (GCQ) starting on May 15. Mayor Marcy Teodoro (Jel Santos / MANILA BULLETIN) The mayors, comprising the 16 cities and one municipality of the NCR said they want a "strict"...
Former Vice President Jejomar Binay urged the national government on Thursday to immediately use expiring COVID-19 vaccines. Former Vice President Jejomar Binay Binay was referring to the 1.5 million AstraZeneca doses which are scheduled to expire on June 30. The doses were part of the recent...
The Department of Agriculture should expedite the rollout of programs promoting repopulation and biosecurity measures for local hog raisers in the country, Senator Nancy Binay said on Wednesday, May 12. Binay said that since President Duterte has already declared a state of calamity throughout the...
Makati Mayor Abby Binay said the Metro Manila Council (MMC) is “united in position” to gradually ease quarantine restrictions. (Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) “I think we are united in a position na magiging gradual yung opening (for the opening to be gradual) and that...
The local government unit (LGU) of Makati City has started administering Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines to its residents at the Makati Medical Center (MMC) on Wednesday (May 12). The inoculation was conducted at the Auditorium on the 8th floor of MMC’s Tower 2. In an online forum, Mayor...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay With the national elections scheduled a year from now, it is quite understandable if some sectors of society – mostly commentators, political observers, and supporters and campaigners of known political personalities – are occasionally...
The Senate labor committee wrapped up on Monday, May 10, its deliberation on the proposed creation of the Department for Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL). Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB/Henzberg Austria) Senator Joel Villanueva, committee...
Unless ABS-CBN is allowed to operate anew, the damage done to the country’s democratic institutions due to the television network’s closure can never be repaired, former vice president Jejomar “Jojo” Binay said. Binay made the statement on Wednesday (May 5), exactly a year after the network...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay The discredited Health Secretary, asked if the country could also experience the unprecedented number of infections and deaths from COVID-19 being recorded in India, said that such a grim scenario could happen if the public fails to observe the...
Two senators are seeking further probe into the status of the government’s school-based Barangay Health Stations (BHS) project, which was stalled due to an ongoing litigation. Senator Nancy Binay raised the issue during the Senate Committee on Health and Demography’s virtual hearing on the...
Enough is enough. Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday said China’s continued aggression in the West Philippine Sea and its relentless claim the maritime territory is part of their sovereignty should stop. BInay made the remark following China’s statement the Philippines should “respect”...
