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ZUBIRI DONATES CONVALESCENT PLASMA TO PGH FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS

Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri has donated his convalescent plasma to the Philippine General Hospital, in aid of the medical community’s continuing search for COVID-19 treatment. After being the first public official to disclose his positive diagnosis for the disease, Zubiri has now recovered and returned to good health, making him eligible for the convalescent […]

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SENATE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION HONORING ALVAREZ ON MAY 4 – ZUBIRI

Senators were saddened by the passing of former Senator Heherson Alvarez who succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Monday, April 20, 2020. Alvarez was 80 years old. Senate President Tito Sotto said he mourned the passing of a “respectable leader and a good friend,” who he had the opportunity to work with when […]

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ZUBIRI DONATES COVID-19 TEST KITS TO MINDANAO

In aid of the country’s continuing battle against the coronavirus pandemic, Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri has set his sights beyond Metro Manila, donating 6,000 COVID-19 antibody diagnostic kits to hospitals in his home region of Mindanao. Of the donated kits, 2,000 went to the Bukidnon Provincial Medical Center in Malaybalay, Bukidnon; 2,000 kits to […]

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ZUBIRI, FRIENDS DONATE COVID-19 TEST KITS TO HOSPITALS

Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri, together with a group of friends called Art Rockers headed by Dr. Steven Lim and Dr. Enrique Posas, donated more than 13,000 COVID-19 PCR test kits to public and private hospitals for the use of their medical frontliners and symptomatic patients. Zubiri led the donations to the Philippine General Hospital, […]

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I AM POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 – ZUBIRI

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri has confirmed that he tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a statement, Zubiri said it was Health Secretary Francisco Duque III who informed him about the positive test results for COVID-19, noting that his case was asymptomatic or showing no symptoms. The veteran legislator was among the […]

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SENATE ADJOURNS FOR LENTEN BREAK – ZUBIRI

The Senate wrapped up its session Wednesday, March 11, to go on its annual Lenten break. Regular sessions will resume on May 4, 2020. “We are adjourning during this First Regular Session on the heels of increasing COVID-19 incidents wherein the Senate itself suspended Session since Monday evening to Wednesday afternoon and instituted skeletal force […]

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STRONGER GOVERNMENT RESPONSE NEEDED VS SPREAD OF COVID-19 – ZUBIRI

Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri is calling for stronger government response and action against the spread of COVID-19, following the Department of Health’s announcement of new confirmed cases. “We need stricter quarantine measures, and we need protocols not only in our hospitals, but also in places where COVID-19 has been discovered to spread, such as workplaces […]

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SENATE RATIFIES GMRC BILL – ZUBIRI

Good Manners and Right Conduct (GMRC) is set to return to the curriculum, as the bicameral report for the GMRC and Values Education Act bill was approved recently. Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri, principal author of the bill, stressed that GMRC is lacking in the current K-12 curriculum in both public and private institutions. The […]

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CALL BACK ‘BALIK-SCIENTISTS,’ VETS TO FIGHT ASF IN PH — ZUBIRI

Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri urged Malacañang to recall back to the country Filipino scientists and top-notch veterinarians to fight African swine fever (ASF) that is now affecting the Philippines. “We have to save the livelihood of our hog raisers, both large-scale and backyard; especially the backyard hog raisers. For many years, we have had […]

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INCLUDE GMRC IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM – ZUBIRI

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri pressed for the immediate inclusion of Good Manners and Right Conduct into the curriculum of public and private schools as the Senate passed on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 1224. “Most recently we witnessed how teenagers badly injured a balloon vendor by setting fire a bunch of […]