The party of former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will conduct a motorcade in Quezon City on Dec.8, Anakalusugan Representative Mike Defensor said on Thursday. This was after the Quezon City government offered to tackle the venue issue with...
Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor on Thursday, Dec. 2 called on the Metro Manila Development Authority to exempt from the vehicle number coding scheme medical professionals and other health personnel whether they are reporting for work or on their way home. Rep. Michael Defensor2 Defensor said there...
The Quezon City government and the camp of Rep. Mike Defensor will meet on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss the latter’s request to use the Liwasang Aurora at the Quezon City Memorial Circle (QCMC) as venue for an event of the tandem of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and...
Anakalusugan Rep. Michael Defensor has warned of “a creeping surge in bicycle road accidents” including fatal ones due to the lack of safe mobility infrastructure in the country. “In Metro Manila alone, we saw a 48 percent jump in bicycle road crashes in 2020. The rate of increase in...
There are nearly 178,000 vacant posts in the government bureaucracy that should be filled up to help address the country’s unemployment and underemployment problems. Unemployment Cartoons Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Mike Defensor said government agencies with unfilled positions should start...
The Lakas-CMD party on Friday, Nov. 19 revoked the Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance (CONA) it issued to businesswoman Rose Nono-Lin, a congressional candidate who became controversial over her testimony about the luxury cars she owned during the Senate blue ribbon hearings on the Pharmally...
Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael Defensor has sought the implementation of a cycling infrastructure development plan amid the continued rise in fuel prices and increase in the number of working Filipinos opting the use of bicycles to avoid exposing themselves to COVID-19. Anakalusugan Rep....
The House Committee on Ways and Means approved Thursday, Nov. 11 the proposal to reduce or suspend excise taxes on petroleum products but not on premium gasoline with highest octane mix. Gasoline up The House panel chaired by Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda approved a substitute bill...
The House Committee on Ways and Means is leaning towards the approval of a bill that would suspend for six months the excise taxes on diesel and kerosene and reduce similar imposition on gasoline. Gasoline pump picture In an initial discussion of six legislative measures containing various...
Team Malayang Quezon City led by Rep. Mike Defensor, has endorsed the presidential bid of former Senator Bongbong Marcos in the 2022 elections. Defensor is Team Malayang QC's candidate for mayor. In a video posted on District 6 Councilor candidate Ali Forbes' Facebook page on Sunday, Malayang QC...
Anakalusugan Party-list Representative Michael Defensor has called the proposal to exclude the 4.4 million household beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps from receiving their conditional cash grants if they do not get vaccinated against COVID-19 as “oppressive and...
Anakalusugan Rep. Michael Defensor said on Friday that more Filipino nurses are seeking to practice their profession in America. A total of 5,957 Filipino nurses took the US licensure examination for the first time from January to September 2021. According to Defensor, based on the figures from the...
