A House leader has commended the executive department’s recent move to provide additional assistance to the country’s needy hemodialysis patients. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (PNA) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo specifically hailed the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada, chairman of the Senate Committee on National Defense, on Thursday, Aug. 4 expressed worries about the brewing tension between China and Taiwan, considering that many Filipinos are working and living in both countries. In a statement, Estrada said “The reported tension in...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said Thursday, Aug. 4 that the Philippine government should re-state its adherence to the "One-China policy". The government should also be careful on public pronouncements regarding the China-Taiwan-United States (US) issue, he added. Pimentel, a...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian ​wants an assessment carried out on the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on Philippine energy security and affordability. With fuel prices still rising, Gatchalian believed there is a need for Congress to look into the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war in terms...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez raised hope before the local business community that Congress would be able to pass key commerce and industry-related measures--particularly those mentioned by the President in his State of the Nation Address (SONA)--before the end of 2022. House Speaker Martin...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has lauded boxer Dave "Dobermann" Apolinario for winning the International Boxing Organization (IBO) flyweight title. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and boxing champ Dave 'Dobermann' Apolinario (Photo courtesy of Bongbong Marcos Twitter)...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte highlighted on Thursday, Aug. 4 the need to establish what he described as a "heightened community-based public awareness campaign about monkeypox". (Unsplash) According to the Mindanao solon, having such information drive on monkeypox will help government...
Senate leaders have agreed to limit the entry of visitors to the Senate after Senator Alan Peter Cayetano was reported to have tested positive for Covid-19. Cayetano’s medical situation was relayed by his sister, Senator Pia Cayetano, in last night’s plenary session. Because he was exposed to...
A pro-administration senator has said that pricing rice at P20 per kilo is not possible--at least, not yet. Senator Cynthia A. Villar, who retained her chairmanship of the Senate Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform Committee in the current 19th Congress, explained that the price of palay or...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. visited the wake of former president Fidel V. Ramos at the Heritage Park in Taguig City on Thursday morning, Aug. 4. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong" Marcos Jr. visits the wake of former president Fidel V. Ramos at the Heritage Park on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022....
Malacañang has belied information declaring Aug. 9 as a special non-working holiday to honor former president Fidel V. Ramos which has been making rounds on social media. (Photos courtesy of the Office of the Press Secretary) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said on Thursday, Aug. 4, that...
Makabayan bloc congressmen have condoled with the family of late President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR), adding that incumbent President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. should emulate Ramos’s example “on the question of peace". The late president Fidel V. Ramos (Reuters photo) “The Makabayan bloc...
