Local government units were enjoined Wednesday, Jan 5 to allow their constituents to choose which COVID-19 booster brand they prefer.
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Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor made the appeal as he noted that the Department of Health has released guidelines on mix-and-match of...
Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor on Thursday, Dec. 2 called on the Metro Manila Development Authority to exempt from the vehicle number coding scheme medical professionals and other health personnel whether they are reporting for work or on their way home.
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There are nearly 178,000 vacant posts in the government bureaucracy that should be filled up to help address the country’s unemployment and underemployment problems.
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Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Mike Defensor said government agencies with unfilled positions should start...
The Lakas-CMD party on Friday, Nov. 19 revoked the Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance (CONA) it issued to businesswoman Rose Nono-Lin, a congressional candidate who became controversial over her testimony about the luxury cars she owned during the Senate blue ribbon hearings on the Pharmally...
Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael Defensor has sought the implementation of a cycling infrastructure development plan amid the continued rise in fuel prices and increase in the number of working Filipinos opting the use of bicycles to avoid exposing themselves to COVID-19.
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The House Committee on Ways and Means approved Thursday, Nov. 11 the proposal to reduce or suspend excise taxes on petroleum products but not on premium gasoline with highest octane mix.
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The House panel chaired by Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda approved a substitute bill...
The House Committee on Ways and Means is leaning towards the approval of a bill that would suspend for six months the excise taxes on diesel and kerosene and reduce similar imposition on gasoline.
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In an initial discussion of six legislative measures containing various...
For working tirelessly as they confronted the danger and the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the over 5,000 employees of the Quezon City government deserve a year-end incentive equivalent to one-month salary.
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Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor called on the...
Quezon City mayoralty aspirant and Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor vowed on Friday, Oct. 15 to stop the increase in land taxes imposed by the city government on residential, commercial and industrial lots if elected mayor in the May 2022 elections.
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Defensor, who...
The Quezon City chief legal officer on Wednesday, Sept. 15 slammed Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael Defensor for allegedly launching a “politically motivated smear campaign” against the city government by feeding the media with canard and other misleading information about its aid program...
Another administration lawmaker questioned Facebook over censorship issues amid efforts by the social media giant to block suspected troll farms that are being blamed for the spread of fake news and disinformation in the Philippines, the world’s No. 1 social media user.
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Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael T.Defensor has asked the Lower House leadership to summon executives of social media giant Facebook Inc. to respond to questions about its controversial censorship guidelines.
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Defensor has filed House Resolution No. 2112 proposing a...
