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...
Two senior administration lawmakers rejected on Thursday, Nov. 4 the calls made by their Lower House colleagues to lift restrictions on face-to-face presence in plenary proceedings starting Monday, the resumption of regular sessions. Empty Lower House plenary hall Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro...
Anakalusugan partylist Representative Mike Defensor and three other members of the House of Representatives urged the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday to take over the Quezon City (QC) local government's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Anakalusugan Party-List Rep....
For working tirelessly as they confronted the danger and the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the over 5,000 employees of the Quezon City government deserve a year-end incentive equivalent to one-month salary. Rep. Michael Defensor Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor called on the...
Quezon City mayoralty aspirant and Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor vowed on Friday, Oct. 15 to stop the increase in land taxes imposed by the city government on residential, commercial and industrial lots if elected mayor in the May 2022 elections. Rep. Michael Defensor2 Defensor, who chose...
Malayang Quezon City mayoral candidate Representative Mike Defensor unveiled on Sunday his party's three-way economic recovery plan against the COVID-19 pandemic. Defensor said that the plan would cost at least P17 billion which includes three components. (Malayang Quezon City Facebook page/MANILA...
Representative Michael "Mike" Defensor vowed to effectively address the problems brought by the pandemic in Quezon City if he wins as mayor in the 2022 elections. Â Defensor filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Quezon City on Thursday,...