Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion on Saturday, Dec. 10 warned that the “same mistakes” might happen again in the further implementation of the country’s Covid-19 vaccination efforts, particularly with the new bivalent vaccines, if flaws in local healthcare regulation are not fixed. Go...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has underscored the need to depower the Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC), saying its current set-up with the Department of Health (DOH) has led to the "wastage of resources". Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (MANILA BULLETIN) Case is point is...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has decided to support presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for the upcoming May elections after the opposing teams allegedly caused fighting among locals following the attempted use of the "Guimbal Stadium" for Marcos's campaign activity....
The "Guimbal Stadium"--the supposed location of the Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.-led campaign rally in Iloilo, was privately owned as it was donated by the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) of an adjacent school. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin made...
Iloilo Representative Janette Garin on Monday, Sept. 27 questioned the P1-billion worth of funds proposed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) supposedly for the government’s solar panel irrigation system (SPIS) project, saying she finds the program “untimely” and “impractical” at this...
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...
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...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque clarified that he never accused the previous Aquino administration of buying overpriced personal protective equipment (PPEs), saying he was merely pointing out that the PPEs purchased by the current government were not overpriced. Presidential spokesperson Harry...
Former health secretary and Iloilo Representative Janette Garin on Wednesday said she supports calls for booster shots to be given to individuals who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Garin, who earlier admitted to having tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated said,...
Former Health Secretary and now Iloilo Representative Janette Garin has tested positive for COVID-19. Garin, in a statement, said she is currently on home quarantine as advised by her doctors. “Despite following the minimum health protocols and being extra cautious, I tested positive for...
Iloilo 1st District Representative Janette Garin on Monday, July 26 expressed hope President Duterte will move to make COVID-19 testing free or at least affordable for the people. Garin, a former health secretary, aired her expectation as Duterte addresses the nation in his last State of the Nation...
Iloilo Representative Janette Garin refuted the claim of vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. that she was demanding for vaccine allocation from the government for her and her province. Former Department of Health secretary and incumbent Iloilo Representative Janette Garin (John Jerome...
