The Senate will work on passing soon the bills aimed at reviving the Philippine economy, such as the proposed amendments to the Public Service Act and to the Foreign Investment Act, among others. (Senate of the Philippines) Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said senators agreed on this...
Fans are wondering if the actor-director is actually going to take a break from showbiz work, following talk about his show "Pepito Manaloto" supposedly signing off soon. Note that only a few days ago, GMA hinted at the same in a tweet. Earlier, a blind item about an actor-director supposedly...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the government cannot just use AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines on essential workers listed under the A4 priority group as it breaches the condition set by the COVAX Facility. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque claimed that the opposition was actually wishing for the government's vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to fail so they could have a better shot at winning in the upcoming 2022 elections. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (File...
Senators on Monday, May 17, appealed to the government to begin inoculating people who are next in the priority line and are willing to receive the vaccines against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A resident of Makati City receives a shot of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from a health...
The government's pandemic task force has placed governors and mayors further up in the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program priority list, putting them right behind medical frontliners and ahead of senior citizens. A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a vaccination center in...
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) has appealed anew for cash assistance and production subsidy for farmers and fishers affected by recent typhoons and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Various groups hold a protest outside Congress on Monday, May 17, to press for the legislation granting...
The country remains ill-prepared to vaccinate its citizens against COVID-19 as it falls on its target to vaccinate 120,000 people a day to achieve herd immunity by the end of this year, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, May 16. Citing a herd immunity tracker on Twitter, Robredo said that...
Vice President Leni Robredo does not see the need to defend herself from President Duterte’s remarks that the opposition is not doing anything for the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Speaking on her Sunday radio show with radioman Ely Saludar,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros is pushing the passage of a bill that seeks to provide cash assistance to pregnant workers in the informal sector. In filing Senate Bill No. 2175 or the proposed Maternity Benefit for Women in the Informal Economy Act of 2021, Hontiveros said it is necessary to help pregnant...
Every vocation in priesthood begins in answering the call of God. Aside from fulfilling the religious life, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Lieutenant Commander Francis Ariel Sualog has also answered the call of the uniformed service. Despite his purpose in fulfilling the Word of God, Sualog still...
Vice President Leni Robredo needed to move her residency from her hometown of Naga City to the nearby Barangay Carangcang in Magarao, Camarines Sur not because of her political plans, but because of the properties left to them by her parents. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo) When her mother, Salvacion...
