Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Michael Defensor has called on Filipinos who inject drugs to get tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to mitigate the ongoing HIV epidemic. Rep. Michael Defensor “We would urge Filipinos who inject drugs to have themselves voluntarily tested for HIV,...
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 Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability chairman, DIWA Party-list Rep. Michael Aglipay said he favors the proposed release of two Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. executives from detention. DIWA Party-list Rep. Michael Edgar Aglipay The two Pharmally executives, Mohit Dargani and...
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...
Anakalusugan Party-list Representative and Quezon City mayoralty candidate Mike Defensor siad that he intends to improve public access to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention, testing, and treatment services. (Enrique Guzman Egas/ Unsplash) “We will increase the number of HIV treatment...
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...
The endorsement of El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde of presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr was "personal," the spiritual adviser of the group said. Retired Novaliches Bishop Teodoro Bacani (RCAM / Paul Guanlao / MANILA BULLETIN) Retired Novaliches Bishop Teodoro Bacani Jr...
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...
The religious group El Shaddai led by Bro. Mike Velarde has endorsed the senatorial bid of retired police general Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar. Eleazar, who is running under the Partido Reporma, was invited during the religious activity of the group in Parañaqu City along with presidential candidate...
Presidential candidate and former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. said he is not at all surprised that the leader of the Catholic charismatic group El Shaddai has endorsed his presidential bid and that of his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio for vice president for the...
A Catholic prelate said El Shaddai members are free to choose their candidates in the May 2022 polls. Retired Novaliches Bishop Teodoro Bacani (RCAM / Paul Guanlao / MANILA BULLETIN) Retired Novaliches Bishop Teodoro Bacani, the spiritual adviser of the group, said the members are not "obliged to...
Photo from PBA Mike Nieto had plenty of motivation going into his PBA debut which ended with an impressive 21-point performance in Rain or Shine’s victory over NorthPort. The former Gilas Pilipinas member hit four triples while adding eight rebounds and two assists in 32 minutes as a starter,...
