Former Vice President Jejomar Binay expressed hope on Friday that the granular lockdown experiment in Metro Manila will be a success in both managing the number of COVID-19 cases and in restarting the country's economy. Former Vice President Jejomar Binay "While many experts, including the WHO...
The Makati City local government unit (LGU) has placed under granular lockdown the H. Santos Street in Brgy. Tejeros on Thursday. (Photo from Makati PIO) “I ordered the granular lockdown after noting an increase in the number of COVID-positive cases in the said area. We need to contain the...
Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday, Sept. 15 said the government should focus on the war against COVID-19 pandemic which poses bigger repercussions to the lives of thousands of Filipinos and to the country’s economy as well. “We are at war with COVID-19. The government should focus on this war....
Two lawmakers on Wednesday, Sept 15, said there is no need to pass a new law that would allow the private sector and local government units (LGUs) to purchase booster shots for COVID-19 v as it is already covered under the Vaccination Act of 2021 that Congress rushed to approve. Sen. Nancy Binay...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay Businessmen by nature are not prone to criticize a sitting administration on every matter involving national policy. But it took a policy gaffe of epic proportions, one with far-reaching consequences on the economy and the livelihood of...
Former Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay slammed the national government's “granular lockdown experiment in Metro Manila,” describing the policy as “counter-intuitive.” Former Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay Binay underscored that in other countries, granular lockdowns are...
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...