Anakalusugan partylist Rep. Mike Defensor on Sunday renewed his call for the government to scrap the annual cap on the deployment of 7,000 on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) as he said it is unconstitutional. Defensor said Filipinos should enjoy the right to live and work wherever "they can achieve...
Quezon City mayoral aspirant and Anakalusugan partylist Rep. Mike Defensor has pledged to build molecular laboratories in the city should he win in the upcoming elections. In pushing for "transformative point-of-care screening services for multiple diseases," Defensor said Quezon City residents...
If he wins a Senate seat in the May 2020 elections, Sorsogon Gov. Francis “Chiz” Escudero plans to revive the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s Pandemic and All-Hazard Preparedness Act which will boost the country’s capacity to respond to any pandemic. Sorsogon Governor Francis...
Quezon City mayoral aspirant and Anakalusugan Partylist Representative Micheal "Mike" Defensor said on Wednesday, Jan.12, that the city government can do more when it comes to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response. Defensor made the statement after the city's COVID-19 cases went up to 202,614...
Local government units were enjoined Wednesday, Jan 5 to allow their constituents to choose which COVID-19 booster brand they prefer. Vaccine COVID 19 Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor made the appeal as he noted that the Department of Health has released guidelines on mix-and-match of primary jabs...
Anakalusugan partylist Rep. Mike Defensor has filed a bill seeking to give senior citizens 20 percent discount in toll fees. In filing House Bill 10630, Defensor said senior citizens "deserve greater preferential access to road transportation services, including a 20 percent markdown on tollway...
Anakalusugan Representative Mike Defensor on Thursday, Dec. 30 urged Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque lll and national vaccination czar Carlito Galvez to provide enough COVID-19 vaccines to vaccination centers in Quezon City and other parts of the country. Defensor made the...
A lawmaker on Sunday urged authorities to immediately arrest all the perpetrators behind the BDO hacking to know what may be their real motives aside from theft. Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Mike Defensor issued his take on the recent cybercrime incident by saying "until and unless the suspects are...
Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor has warned those behind the hacking of BDO Unibank accounts that they are bound to face economic sabotage as authorities are already discovering the identities of the perpetrators behind the cybercrime. "The act of breaking into a bank’s computer system and...
The People's Reform Party (PRP), which was founded by late Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, and the Hugpong ng Pagbabago, a party chaired by vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio, has formally formed a political alliance for the upcoming 2022 elections. This came after PRP, currently headed...
The Bongbong Marcos (BBM)-Sara Duterte UniTeam tandem will “woo voters in Metro Manila” on Wednesday, Dec. 8 through a grand caravan that will cover the metropolis. BBM-SARA1 (1) Organized by the Malayang Quezon City tandem of Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael Defensor and Councilor Winston...
Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael Defensor has called on the Senate to pass the House bill that seeks to create a new Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) which he said is “absolutely crucial to enable the country to suppress future pandemics.” “The bill is already with the Senate, after the House...
