As school year 2021-2022 officially opened on Monday, September 13, the Makati City local government said that the city is fully prepared in tackling the issues brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic to its educational system. (Photo from Makati PIO) Makati City Mayor Abby Binay, in a Facebook...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday, Sept. 12 renewed her appeal for the state economic managers to boost the government’s COVID-19 response by allocating a bigger budget for contact tracing in the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. Echoing other colleagues sentiment, Binay said she is...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay The month of September is considered as the start of the Christmas season in our country, but there seems to be little reason for many of us to be cheerful as we used to be before the pandemic. Whatever remains of our holiday spirit is being...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay announced on Tuesday that the city is ready to implement granular lockdowns in the National Capital Region (NCR) starting Wednesday, September 8. Mayor Abby Binay “Makati is the first local government unit (LGU) to implement a localized or granular lockdown last...
Senators have raised concern on the government's decision to lift the travel ban despite the surge in COVID-19 cases in the Philippines. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) While daily coronavirus cases increase by the thousands locally -- over 20,000 for four consecutive days so far -- the...
Former Vice President Jejomar Binay slammed on Monday the government's decision to cut the proposed 2022 budget of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Ex-Vice President Jejomar Binay "In the proposed 2022 budget, PGH was allotted P5.67 billion, lower than the...
Senator Nancy Binay on Monday, September 6, said the government should help the nation’s flag carrier, Philippine Air Lines (PAL), weather through its financial setbacks by setting in place mechanisms to alleviate their circumstances while they go about their restructuring plans....
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday vowed to pursue the realignment of the proposed budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) which she sees as potential source of funds for the country’s Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), cancer treatment...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday slammed the Department of Health (DOH) for removing an item in the proposed 2022 national budget meant for the country’s cancer fund. Binay said the DOH’s move to incorporate the funds for the National Integrated Cancer Control Program, including cancer medicines...
Senator Nancy Binay aired her opposition Friday, August 27, on President Duterte's plan to open casinos and gambling houses in Boracay Island. Local children swim at the famous beach front of Boracay Island when it reopened to domestic tourists last October. (Tara Yap/MANILA BULLETIN) "I am totally...
Recalling her father's tenure as vice president of the Philippines, Senator Nancy Binay said on Friday, August 27, that President Duterte would not need to scrutinize the reports of the Commission on Audit (COA) if he gets elected to the post next year. Senator Nancy Binay (Sen. Nancy...
Like law enforcement agencies tasked to carry out the government's war on drugs, health care workers should also equipped and taken care of as they battle the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Senator Nancy Binay said. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Binay made the...
