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SENATE TO PROBE HOSPITALS THAT WILL REFUSE PATIENTS – GO

Senator Bong Go has assured that he will start an investigation of hospitals that allegedly have refused to administer emergency care to critically-ill patients amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis in the country. “Papaimbestigahan ko ito bilang chairperson ng Committee on Health sa Senado. Ipatatawag natin ang mga ospital na ito sa tamang panahon (I will investigate this as chairperson […]

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GO TREATS KIDS FROM QUAKE-HIT NORTH COTABATO WITH DAVAO TOUR

To help ease the trauma caused by the series of earthquakes that shook Cotabato and Davao, Senator Bong Go treated some 200 kids from North Cotabato to a tour of Davao City.The tour was an earlier promise by Go to the children when he visited North Cotabato on November 22. During the tour, the children […]

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NPA MUST PROVE ITS SINCERITY BEFORE PEACE TALKS WITH GOV’T RESUMES — GO

Senator Bong Go has denounced the death threats made by the New People’s Army (NPA) against President Rodrigo Duterte saying the communist rebel group should prove its sincerity first it wants peace talks with the government to resume. Go said the death threats will only imperil the proposed resumption of peace talks between the government […]

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DUTERTE ADMIN TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ATHLETES – GO

With the outstanding performance of Team Pilipinas in emerging as the overall champion in the recently concluded 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games hosted by the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Bong Go upheld their promise to recognize all athletes especially those who achieved medal finishes in their respective sports in an awarding ceremony at […]

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GO GIVES SHOES TO ILOILO BAREFOOT RUNNERS

Senator Bong Go sent rubber shoes to 24 members of the athletics team of an elementary school in the northern Iloilo town of Balasan. Go sent the shoes after learning that the team was declared over-all champion, despite running barefoot, in an athletics competition for elementary boys and girls in the Iloilo Schools Sports Council […]

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54TH MALASAKIT CENTER OPENS IN RIZAL – GO

A week after his Malasakit Center bill was signed into law, Senator Bong Go joined the launch of the 54th Malasakit Center in the country at the Margarito Duavit Memorial Hospital (Rizal Provincial Hospital -Binangonan Annex) in Binangonan, Rizal. Initiated by Go to aid Filipinos in need of swift government medical services, the Malasakit Center […]

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FOLLOW DOH TIPS VS DENGUE – GO

Senator Bong Go witnessed the opening of the country’s 53rd Malasakit Center at the Maguindanao Provincial Hospital in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao three days after the ceremonial signing of President Rodrigo Duterte of Republic Act No. 11463, also known as the Malasakit Center Act of 2019. Initiated by the President and Go when the latter was […]

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DUTERTE NEEDS TO CERTIFY AS URGENT DDR BILL – GO

During his visit to victims of Typhoon Tisoy in Daraga, Albay, Senator Bong Go urged his colleagues in the Senate and the House of Representatives to expedite the passage of the proposed measure providing for the creation of a Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR) as calamities such as earthquakes and typhoons frequently occur in the […]

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NURSES TO GET SALARY INCREASE EARLY NEXT YEAR – GO

Starting next year, nurses working in public health institutions will be enjoying a salary increase of not lower than that of salary grade 15 after the Senate Committee on Finance approved needed appropriations pursuant to a Supreme Court decision that upheld Section 32 of the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002. Senator Bong Go, Chair of […]

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DUTERTE TO GIVE ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES TO FILIPINO MEDALISTS IN SEA GAMES – GO

Senator Bong Go said President Rodrigo Duterte wants to give additional incentives to Filipino athletes who will bag medals in the coming 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in addition to the incentives already provided by law. “Maliban doon sa mandated by law, willing po ang Pangulo na bigyan sila ng award to encourage them,” Go […]