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...
With President Duterte prioritizing the country's problem of illegal drugs in his final State of the Nation Address (SONA), Senator Ralph Recto also found the Chief Executive's speech lacking, particularly on how the Philippines will move forward from the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate President Pro...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, July 27, maintained that the government should focus on its pandemic response efforts, stressing that it should be the country’s top priority. Vice President Leni Robredo delivers her own address to the nation dubbed as “Ulat ni VP Leni” a day after...
Unlike many government agencies, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) has a measly budget that does not exceed P900 million for 2021 but with “trust” and “good deeds” from Filipinos, Vice President Leni Robredo initiated several projects to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The...
The Japanese and Philippine governments have unveiled the 94-meter long Multi-Role Response Vessel (MRRV) that will be turned over to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) next year to beef up its maritime patrol activities. Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko (lower right) and...
Senator Grace Poe was apparently not satisfed with President Duterte's sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA), saying it failed to specifically spell out plans to help pandemic-hit families and workers, health frontliners, as well as children who endure challenges in learning amid the...
President Duterte may have been given with the "wrong" information when he was chiding lawmakers for calling out the underspending of COVID-19 response funds. President Duterte and Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (Malacañang) Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III gave this assumption...
The first of the two largest multi-role response vessels (MRRVs) of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) was launched virtually in Shimonoseki Shipyard of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Japan on Monday, July 26. The two 94-meter MRRVs will be the largest vessels of the Coast Guard’s fleet once...
Senator Joel Villanueva is calling on the Department of Health (DOH) to step up its hiring of health personnel by taking in nurses who recently passed the licensure exams. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of the Philippines) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor issued the appeal on Friday,...
Senators have called on the government to again restrict the holding of mass gatherings and events as more cases of the highly-contagious Delta coronavirus variant are being detected in the Philippines. In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020, a member of the Philippine National Police Special...
