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A pandemic worse as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis. This was how Senator Win Gatchalian described the persistent spread of online disinformation in the country amid a public health emergency. According to Gatchalian, both the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) should expedite their investigation to track down, sue, and lock […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has sought to clarify a portion of the guidelines covering the salary continuance for contractual workers in government which was contained in a recent circular issued by the Commission on Audit (COA) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Villanueva said he wrote Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado recently to request for either […]
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill declaring a national emergency and granting President Rodrigo Duterte additional powers to address the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The chamber approved House Bill 6616, otherwise known as “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act”, with 284 affirmative votes, 9 negative votes, and no […]
Senator Joel Villanueva hailed the issuance of a joint circular covering the salary continuance of government contractual workers during the duration of the enhanced community quarantine now being enforced in Luzon because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Villanueva, chair of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resource Development said over 660,000 contractual […]
Amid the rising number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), chaired by Senator Dick Gordon, has put up a medical field tent at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City as part of its efforts to provide assistance to hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. “The NKTI […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to find ways to give cash grants and other aid to families now being affected by the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. At this time when almost all businesses have closed and the movement of people is restricted due to the […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged local government units (LGUs) to introduce clear, definitive guidelines on the care of the homeless during the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). An already vulnerable population where many of whom suffer from health problems, Gatchalian raised that homeless people live in environments where they have little […]
The “We Heal as One Act of 2020” is necessary given the unprecedented effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the country, Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles said on Monday as members of Congress met in a special session to tackle the proposal. “We have to be blunt about this. Kulang tayo sa […]
House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano supported the call for a special session to pass measures granting a supplemental budget for the government to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Cayetano said the House of Representatives is ready should President Rodrigo Duterte call for an emergency session. “We are willing to have special […]
Senator Joel Villanueva called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to also extend the deadline for all other tax filings aside from the annual income tax return (ITR). Villanueva made the call after the BIR extended the filing of the annual ITR until May 15 due to the imposition of the enhanced community quarantine […]