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Amid the issues raised over the planned opening of classes on August 24, Senator Win Gatchalian has sponsored a bill that will authorize the President of the Republic to set a different date for the start of the school year nationwide or in selected areas during a state of emergency. Senate Bill No. 1541, which […]
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said a special desk has been designated at the PRC’s coronavirus disease (COVID -19) call center for follow-ups on test results. Gordon said this is to ensure that the results will reach the person who was tested at the earliest possible time, noting […]
As Metro Manila and other highly urbanized cities are gearing for further easing of restrictions on movement and the return to work for even more people, Senator Sonny Angara said testing for COVID-19 should be ramped up already in order to avoid another outbreak of the disease in the country. Until such time that more […]
Another bio-molecular laboratory will be set up by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) after it signed a Conditional Deed of Donation with the Filipino-Chinese Community Calamity Fund (FCCCF) for the latter’s support for the PRC’s efforts in fighting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic through a cash donation amounting to P15 million. According to PRC Chairman […]
Three years after the bloody Marawi siege, the city’s almost 80,000 families should be allowed to return to their homes there, Liberal Party president and Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. “Kasama kami sa ating mga kapatid na Muslim sa pagdiriwang ng Eid’l Fitr,” said Pangilinan. “Kakaiba ang pagdiriwang ngayong taon, may lockdown at paghihigpit dahil sa sakit […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the country’s largest distribution utility, to come up with a separate bill that is more transparent and will be very clear to the consumers, following mounting complaints of a sudden surge in supposed electricity consumption for the month of May. During a recent Joint Congressional Energy Commission […]
Senator Joel Villanueva said the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) should raise its coordination efforts with the Department of Health (DOH) in facilitating the hiring of healthcare workers whose overseas deployment was suspended indefinitely by the government due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Villanueva, chairman of the Senate labor committee, explained that healthcare […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III is appealing to commercial lessors to reduce by up to 50 percent the rental rates of all bona fide micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as a way to stimulate the country’s economic recovery. This came after both government and private sectors step up measures to help alleviate the effects of […]
Balancing the need to revive the economy amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with the need to provide workers with protection and safety, Senator Dick Gordon is proposing that government provide transportation, such as bus services. During the hearing of the Committee of the Whole to discuss updates on COVID-19 situation in the country and […]
Fresh funding must be infused into emergency employment programs of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to stem the impact of mass layoffs, which have already started in the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME), according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Despite the initial difficulties in the implementation of the programs, the DOLE has shown […]