The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on final reading a bill that provides for nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:10 and mandates additional protection and development of the nursing profession in the country. Nurses in PPE House Bill No. 9389 or the New Philippine Nursing Practice Act...
The House of Representatives on Monday, August 23 passed on third and final reading the bill that proposes to define tax rates for proprietary schools in order to allow them to avail of the 10-percent preferential rate on taxable income. STUDENTS With all 203 members present voting in the...
If you are following Grammy-winning singer Lizzo on Instagram, then you may have been blessed with a major musical moment with her playing the flute in tune of her recent release "Rumors," a song in collaboration with fellow music artist Cardi B. Lizzo wearing pieces by Thian Rodriguez and MX...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday, August 18 thumbed down Health Secretary Francisco Duque III’s claim the Department of Health (DOH) has been destroyed by the Commission on Audit’s (COA) report on the alleged mishandling of the P67.3-billion COVID-19 funds. The Cagayan de Oro...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should consider the House of Representatives’ public hearing as an opportunity to explain the deficiencies highlighted by the Commission on Audit (COA) on the Department of Health’s (DOH) use of the P67.32-billion COVID-19 response funds. House Deputy...
"Be brave enough and always dare to try new things, as life becomes boring when you stay in your comfort zone..." This is what actress Kim Rodriguez wrote as caption to a near nude photo of her that she posted on Instagram to celebrate her 27th birthday. View this post on Instagram She would go on...
In her latest vlog released last August 9, Katarina Rodriguez revealed a surprise with a lighthearted but suspenseful video that involved a pregnancy test. "It's a secret that I've been keeping for the past seven/eight months," Katarina Rodriguez admitted. And she and Niño Barbers are going to...
Seventy-one percent of coronavirus patients at the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium (Tala Hospital) in Caloocan City are not vaccinated, its medical doctor said Tuesday, Aug. 10. (Unsplash) Tala Hospital Medical Director Dr. Alfonso Famaran Jr. said that out of 252 COVID-19...
The Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium (Tala Hospital) in Caloocan City has recorded eight pediatric patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Tala Hospital (Photo from DJNRMHS / DOH) "Sa pediatric po, ang nakatala po sa amin is eight over 252 (We currently have eight...
As the House of Representatives continued to draw flak for its planned congressional inquiry of the OCTA Research Group, the chairman of the House Committee on Good Government assured fairness and objectivity in the conduct of the probe. Octa Research logo DIWA Partylist Rep. Michael Aglipay said...
Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Friday, August 6 asked fellow officials of the House of Representatives to stop “wasting” people’s money by investigating the Octa Research group whose members should be hailed as “heroes of the war against the pandemic.”...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday urged the leadership of the House of Representatives to withdraw Monday’s approval of the 25-year franchises to two of the country’s biggest water concessionaires, Maynilad and Manila Water. “As a deputy speaker, I am ex-officio member of all...
