The Senate Committee on Public Services will begin on Wednesday, September 1, its deliberation of the franchise renewal applications of Maynilad Water Services Inc. and the Manila Water Company Inc. (MANILA BULLETIN FIle Photo) Senator Grace Poe, committee chairperson, disclosed this Tuesday,...
Senator Grace Poe dismissed on Monday, August 30, as "puny" the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) suspension of its controversial circular deferring its payments of hospitals claims. Senator Grace Poe (Senate PRIB) Poe, instead, said she had expected the PhilHealth to implement...
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...
The Senate adopted on Tuesday, August 24, a resolution "strongly condeming" the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for continuing its motor vehicle inspection system (MVIS). Senate of the Philippines' plenary hall (Senate PRIB) No senator objected to the ratification of an unnumbered resolution...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, August 24, appealed to concerned government agencies to double their efforts making their services accessible online, especially as COVID-19 cases in the Philippines continue to rise. Senator Grace Poe (Office of Sen. Poe) “Online transactions and services should be...
Senators on Monday, August 23, assailed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for again making the motor vehicle inspection system (MVIS) mandatory despite complaints from stakeholders and even President Duterte's order to suspend it. Senate of the Philippines (Senate PRIB) The matter was raised...
Senator Grace Poe on Monday, August 23, appealed to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to reconsider its circular suspending its payments over reports of fraudulent claims. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) "PhilHealth must not resort to a sweeping mechanism that...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, August 20, vowed to make sure that government funds for 2022 will used and will not be given to agencies that fail to properly spend it. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) "Underspending, delayed and wasteful spending of COVID-19...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, August 20, remembered her late father, actor Fernando Poe Jr., on the latter's 82nd birth anniversary. Senator Grace Poe poses with a supporter of her late father Fernando Poe, Jr. during the celebration of the latter's birthday on August 20, 2017. (Senate PRIB) "Happy...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Due process must be followed before any government official can be suspended from his position, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Thursday, Aug. 19. “Kung sususpendihan ka, may proseso iyan. May imbestigasyon,...
Shouldn't Health Secretary Francisco Duque III be suspended, at least, over the reported deficiencies of his agency in spending COVID-19 funds? Secretary Francisco Duque III Senator Grace Poe posed this question as the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee opened its inquiry on the Department of Health's...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, August 18, appealed to authorities heed the call of health workers for the issuance of their special risk allowances (SRA) and other benefits to prevent their reported plan to mass resign. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) "Our medical frontliners are...
