Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday, July 6 called on the government to ensure that all school staff are fully vaccinated and that schools are fully compliant with Covid-19 safety protocols eve before the planned full implementation of face-to-face classes in November. As a parent, Binay said she too...
Senator Nancy Binay on Saturday, April 30, sent her ‘’highest praise and admiration’’ to all Filipino workers in celebration of Labor Day. In a statement a day ahead of Labor Day on May 1, Binay told Filipino workers, ‘’Your tireless perseverance and sacrifice ensure the health, food,...
Senator Nancy Binay on Monday called on the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to get rid of the unnecessary requirements they have set for students participating in face-to-face classes. Binay made the call after CHED and the IATF required students...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday called on the Department of Tourism (DOT) to extend its marketing and training support to all tourism-ready sites now that travel restricitons are continually being eased. Binay said the DOT should start enabling the tourism industry by giving them marketing support...
Senator Nancy Binay today (March 3) urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to focus on immediately shoring up the country’s thinning power reserves rather than busying itself on other concerns. “Rather than looking too far ahead, the energy department should look at the problem that’s staring...
Senator Nancy Binay on Monday appealed to consumers to start conserving water as the water levels at Angat Dam starts to decline at this time of year. Angat Dam is the main supplier of water to Metro Manila. The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) in mid-February this year projected another water...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday called on the government to come up with a comprehensive medical waste management plan now that COVID-19 self-test kits have been made commercially available. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Binay noted, has so far approved the use of 116 COVID -19 self test...
Senators on Tuesday called on the government to carefully examine and study recommendations that seek to eliminate the current COVID-19 alert system in place in favor of a more endemic mindset. Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said he agrees with the proposal but said the government should...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday called on the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to reconsider the lifting of facility-based quarantine for fully-vaccinated travelers until a comprehensice and localized surveillance system is in place. Without the medical safeguards, effective contact tracing and...
Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday urged local government units (LGUs) to extend the deadline for payment for real property tax and business permits to avoid influx of taxpayers amid the surge of COVID-19 cases in the country. Binay made the appeal after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 33,169...
Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday reiterated her call for authorities to deploy quarantine marshals in light of the continued breaches in protocol among quarantine facilities. Rather than merely focusing on law enforcement, Binay said quarantine marshals would be tasked with ensuring that the public...
Senators on Tuesday highlighted the need for finance experts to man the operations of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) as they weigh in on the five-day holiday that a group of private hospitals is planning to implement. “It makes perfect sense for PhilHealth to be headed by one...
