Senator Nancy Binay is proposing to include registered dentists and licensed medical technologists as among the medical personnel authorized to administer COVID-19 vaccines. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) Binay filed Senate Bill No. 2212 on Tuesday, May 18, as she sought to amend the...
Vaccination should not be made a condition for poor families before receiving cash assistance under the government's Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara said on Saturday, May 22. Senator Juan Edgardo 'Sonny' Angara (Senator Sonny Angara Official Facebook...
Senator Sonny Angara on Friday urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to expedite the procurement and release of connectivity load for its teachers, as the budget for this purpose has been available for some time already under the 2021 national budget and the economic stimulus package Congress...
As the government ramps up its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program, Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday said the local Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should start studying the feasibility of vaccinating minors, taking cue from the United States and other countries that have started...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, May 18, claimed that the administration bets for the May 2022 polls will win because of the way the government has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. During his virtual press briefing, the Palace official praised the government’s pandemic response....
Senator Sonny Angara on Tuesday welcomed President Duterte’s signing into law of the bill granting Filipino citizenship to Ange Kouame. Kouame can now suit up to Gilas Pilipinas and prepare for the Tokyo Olympics. “We thank President Duterte for signing into law the naturalization bill for Ange...
Angelo Kouame is now a naturalized Filipino after President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law his papers. (SBP Images) President Rodrigo Duterte approved the naturalization of Gilas Pilipinas player Angelo Kouame after the Chief Executive signed into law the papers that made the center eligible to...
Senators on Monday, May 17, appealed to the government to begin inoculating people who are next in the priority line and are willing to receive the vaccines against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A resident of Makati City receives a shot of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from a health...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara The Financial Times, together with Nikkei Asia and Statista recently came out with its ranking of high-growth companies in the Asia Pacific Region. To be included in the list, a company must meet the following criteria — generated revenue of at least $1 million...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara This is but one of the big questions that I think about constantly as a legislator, considering that our home, the Philippines, a low-middle income country, stills deals with abject poverty, gaping inequalities, widespread hunger and malnutrition, homelessness, and...
Senators on Wednesday, May 5, expressed grief over the passing of veteran entertainment columnist and long-time editor Ricky Lo. "We lost a revered writer and dear family friend. Tito Ricky was like family to us. Not only did he write about almost all of our family’s milestones, he celebrated...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara We, Filipinos, are not known to easily give up. And in the face of adversity, we as a community are able to overcome either by helping each other out or receiving help from our kapwa. We have witnessed this in the past week or so with the emergence of the viral...
