Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday, Dec. 30 tagged persons who skipped COVID-19 quarantine protocols as ‘’stupid, irresponsible individuals.’’ ‘’It has come to our attention that there are individuals who have skipped quarantine protocols coming in from abroad and...
• The Senate once again reinforced its role as the nation’s fiscalizer in the midst of perceived lack of direction of government response to pandemic • The Senate pursued legislation that would help quell the rising number of cases of COVID-19 in the country, and to ensure that the government...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday renewed his call for members of Congress to pass the bill that seeks the mandatory creationof safe and properly equipped evacuation centers in every municipality, city and province across the Philippines. Go made the appeal in the aftermath of Typhoon...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar This has been a year of rebounds. We have survived periodic surges of the coronavirus and the ineffectual hard lockdowns that followed increases in daily infection rates. We have survived the loss of jobs and the economic downturn. Not only...
The review of the 2022 budget is still ongoing. Malacañang Palace (Photo from PNA) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles gave this simple explanation Tuesday, Dec. 28, regarding the sudden postponement of the signing of the P5.024-trillion national budget for next...
Senators on Tuesday highlighted the need for finance experts to man the operations of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) as they weigh in on the five-day holiday that a group of private hospitals is planning to implement. “It makes perfect sense for PhilHealth to be headed by one...
Businesswoman Rose Nono Lin should appear in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s next hearing into Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation’s questionable transaction with the government on COVID-19 pandemic supplies and shed light about her role in the negotiations, Senator Richard Gordon said....
Senators on Friday called on Filipinos to share their blessings to those who have adversely been displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic and Typhoon Odette. Senator Richard Gordon, who chairs the Philippine Red Cross, noted that while the country has yet to fully recover from the impact of the pandemic,...
President Duterte spilled the beans Wednesday, Dec. 22 on the reason why popular television personality Willie Revillame turned down his offer to join the administration Senate slate. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Willie Revillame (Photos from Malacañang/ MANILA BULLETIN) Duterte was...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar It’s heartbreaking to see the devastation brought about by typhoon “Odette.” According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the reported death toll has risen to 31. This is expected to increase as...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair Senator Richard Gordon is seeking the capture of two key officials of companies allegedly linked to the irregularities in the government’s procurement of COVID-19 supplies from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. Gordon, at the continuation of the Senate blue...
The sheer volume of smuggled and misdeclared fruits flooding the country’s wet markets has reached alarming proportions, Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda has stated. Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda2 Salceda, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Made, expressed dismay over the unabated...
