As the government moves to curb the rising cases of coronavirus, President Duterte is grateful for the coronavirus vaccines donated by the United States to the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte tackles the status and direction of the US-Philippine relations with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Thursday, July 29, advised the government's pandemic task force to carefully study and consider factors before pushing for a law that would prohibit unvaccinated individuals from going out. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (Alvin Kasiban/MANILA...
With 197 voting in the affirmative and zero negative and abstentions, the House of Representatives passed on third and final reading the bill that would authorize the stockpiling of strategic and critical drugs and other medical devices to address public health emergencies such as the on-going 2019...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday called on the government to resolve the plight of commuters who are forced to endure hardships and miseries whenever they travel to and from their work during this pandemic. Hontiveros noted road travel expenses of ordinary Filipino workers rose by nearly 20...
Introducing the Greenhouse at Village Square Alabang, the next hangout place for the plantitos and plantitas GREENLIGHT From left: VIPS at the Greenhouse launch event include city councilor of Las Piñas Hon. Danilo Hernandez, chief operating officer of Megaworld Corporation Lourdes...
The minority bloc in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, July 28 painted a picture that contradicted what President Rodrigo Duterte described as the state of the nation on Monday. House of Representatives4 In the traditional “Contra SONA”, Minority Leader and Abang Lingkod Partylist Rep....
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri on Wednesday, July 28, raised alarm over the possibility that less Filipino voters will participate in the 2022 elections due to the prevailing threat of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz' Zubiri...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Wednesday, July 28, thumbed down an interagency task force's call for the Senate to act on the resolution seeking economic amendments to the Constitution. Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson (Senate of the Philippines) The Interagency Task Force on Federalism and...
Senators on Wednesday, July 28, said local governments could just impose targeted lockdowns in areas with more coronavirus infections than placing anew the entire National Capital Region (NCR) under a stricter quarantine. Members of the Philippine National Police man a checkpoint in a barangay in...
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman disputed on Tuesday, July 27 President Rodrigo Duterte’s assertion that the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic cut short economic advancement of the country that was felt before the contagion. Duterte 2021 SONA Lagman, an independent, said Duterte, in his final...
The country's quarantine classification will be reviewed and decided upon every two weeks to immediately respond to the threat of the Delta coronavirus variant in the country, Malacañang said Tuesday. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a public address on pandemic response at the Malacañang...
The government has yet to consider reimposing a "hard lockdown" in response to the rising cases of Delta coronavirus variant in the country. Manila residents line up to get a second dose of coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site located inside a shopping mall on July 13, 2021. (Malacañang)...
