The Philippines should take the Japanese government’s warning of possible terrorist attacks in Southeast Asia, the chairman of the House Committee on Strategic Intelligence said on Wednesday. Surigao Del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel said it would be best for Philippine authorities to heed the warning...
Former Health Secretary and Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin on Wednesday, Sept. 15 reminded the government on the need to conduct aggressive testing and contact tracing as it starts to implement granular lockdowns under a new alert level system as part of its anti-COVID-19 measures. “No country in the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, September 15, apologized to lawmakers over its decision not to extend the registration period for voters in the 2022 elections. Voters fill up their application forms while lining up at the Commission on Elections office in Manila to register for...
Administration lawmakers have proposed that health care workers and immunocompromised individuals be provided with booster shots of anti-COVID-19 vaccine for additional protection from the deadly disease. Healthcare workers Led by former Speaker and Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, the...
Korean President Moon Jae-in met K-pop superstars BTS on Sept. 14 to give them their appointment papers as his special envoy. Last July, Moon appointed BTS as Special Presidential Envoy for Future Generations and Culture. BTS members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook went to Cheong Wa...
The Senate approved on third and final reading Monday, September 13, a bill that proposes to rename Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City after Fernando Poe Jr. Fernando Poe Jr. Voting 22-0-1, senators approved House Bill (HB) No. 7499 which pays tribute to the late Filipino actor, who was hailed as the...
House Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza on Monday, Sept. 13 threatened to block the approval of the budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) after he was unable to ask questions during the Lower House’s briefings on the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022....
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Japanese Prime Minister Yushihide Suga announced that he was not seeking election as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which means that he will step down as Japan’s premier when his term as LDP leader ends on September 30 this year....
At least 32 administration and opposition congressmen are pushing for a congressional inquiry into the Bureau of Quarantine’s (BoQ) allegedly “exorbitant” contract for the payment of P70 convenience fee for the issuance of International Certificates of Vaccination (ICVs) for COVID 19 to...
The United States on Friday (Thursday night in Washington, D.C.) announced that it will provide an additional $11.3 million (approximately P562 million) in additional COVID-19 assistance to the Philippines. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan gave this assurance to visiting Philippine officials...
Members of the House of Representatives quizzed vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. over the reported delays in the signing of multi-party agreements (MPAs) for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines by local government units and the private sector. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on...
The Philippines has not been sluggish in vaccinating its people against the COVID-19, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. maintained on Thursday, September 9. Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) flock at the Matina Town Square in Davao City to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus disease. (Keith...
