Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has filed a cyber libel complaint against Anakalusgan party-list Rep. Mike Defensor over the accusations he posted on social media platforms, which have crossed the boundaries of freedom of speech. Belmonte’s complaint, which she filed on Feb. 24, stemmed from two...
Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor insisted on Thursday, March 3 that suspending taxes on fuel is the best way to provide instant relief to Filipino consumers amid runaway pump fuel prices. (Photo from Mike Defensor's Facebook) “I am for revisiting the law that deregulated the oil...
Representative Michael “Mike Defensor” plans to double the number of enrollees at the government-run Quezon City University (QCU) if he wins the mayoral race in the May 2022 elections. “We want QCU to offer a wider range of bachelor’s degree programs to draw in more students,” Defensor...
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto lll should recommend to Malacañang the conduct of special sessions in Congress to approve bills that would suspend excise taxes on fuel, the prices of which have been skyrocketing as of late. House Speaker Lord Allan...
The current P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022 will provide a 10-figure subsidy to several government-owned coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment hospitals in Quezon City. Quezon City mayoralty bet, Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor (Photo from Mike Defensor's Facebook) According...
Anakalusugan Party-list Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor has taken up the cudgels for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Filipinos who want to adopt a child, saying that it's perfectly legal for them to do so. (Jiroe/ Unsplash) “We must stress that under the law, the right to adopt a...
To provide students a safe and quiet place to study, Congressman Michael “Mike” Defensor (Anakalusugan) has vowed to open the Quezon City Public Library 24 hours a day, seven days a week, if he is elected mayor of the country’s largest city. Rep. Mike Defensor “We want the Quezon City...
Anakalusugan partylist Rep. Mike Defensor has expressed concern over the possible surge of new human immunodeficiency virus or HIV infections which could be brought by the disruptions in public health services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Defensor on Sunday called on the next members of the Congress...
Quezon City's official spokesperson Pia Morato questioned on Friday, Feb. 4, the "political maturity" of Rep. Mike Defensor after the latter challenged Mayor Joy Belmonte to resign over alleged Commission on Audit (COA) “adverse findings” on local government's purchase of pandemic food packs....
Anakalusugan partylist Rep. Mike Defensor on Sunday renewed his call for the government to scrap the annual cap on the deployment of 7,000 on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) as he said it is unconstitutional. Defensor said Filipinos should enjoy the right to live and work wherever "they can achieve...
Quezon City mayoral aspirant and Anakalusugan partylist Rep. Mike Defensor has pledged to build molecular laboratories in the city should he win in the upcoming elections. In pushing for "transformative point-of-care screening services for multiple diseases," Defensor said Quezon City residents...
Quezon City mayoral aspirant and Anakalusugan Partylist Representative Micheal "Mike" Defensor said on Wednesday, Jan.12, that the city government can do more when it comes to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response. Defensor made the statement after the city's COVID-19 cases went up to 202,614...
