Senator Nancy Binay has called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to hasten the distribution of emergency subsidy to poor families affected…
Silent worker : Bato in isolation, says daughter
As the country continues to battle the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, critics have started questioning why Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa was out of the public’s sight.
Very inappropriate: Gabriela scores Duterte for romanticizing deaths of medical frontliners
Gabriela party-list group has scored President Rodrigo Duterte for supposedly romanticizing the death of doctors and other medical frontliners amid the country’s COVID-19 crisis.
Tumulong ka na lang! Palace blasts Risa Hontiveros for remarks over Covid-19 response
Malacañang on Tuesday lambasted Senator Risa Hontiveros, who claimed that the President failed to present “concrete plan” on how to tackle the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic during his public address late Monday.
Año tests positive for coronavirus
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed on Tuesday that he tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) after his exposure to several infected persons last March 26.
Thank you donors! Robredo sends PPEs, food packs, aerosol boxes to health frontliners
Vice President Leni Robredo is grateful for all the donors to her relief operations for the country’s health workers battling the coronavirus pandemic. Robredo said…
‘I was never raised to be selfish:’ Kris Aquino donates rice to Puerto Galera barangay frontliners
Actress Kris Aquino is sharing her blessings to Puerto Galera, her temporary home while Luzon remained on lockdown due to the new coronavirus disease. The…
Global lockdown tightens as virus deaths mount
Harsh lockdowns aimed at halting the march of the coronavirus pandemic extended worldwide Monday as the death toll soared past 37,600 amid new waves of US outbreaks.
Facebook and Instagram remove Bolsonaro video questioning virus quarantine
Facebook and Instagram removed videos of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on Monday, saying they spread misinformation about the coronavirus, a day after Twitter did the same.
Rubber stamp oversight? Cayetano leads House contingent to review Duterte’s COVID-19 response
Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano will lead the House contingent in the joint congressional oversight committee tasked to review President Rodrigo Duterte’s implementation of his emergency powers in addressing the country’s COVID-19 crisis under the Bayanihan Act of 2020.
Nabiktima rin! Bongbong Marcos tests positive for COVID-19
Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), his spokesperson, Vic Rodriguez, said Tuesday (March 31).
Naninigurado lang! Gov’t plans to import 300k MT rice supply as contingency plan during coronavirus outbreak
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has recommended to President Rodrigo Duterte the importation of 300,000 metric tons of rice to ensure enough supply of the staple amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Duterte’s weekly report on COVID-19 response ‘hardly felt on the ground’ – Zarate
House Deputy Minority Floor Leader Carlos Zarate said the “quite lengthy” weekly report of President Rodrigo Duterte over government’s response in the COVID-19 crisis “is hardly felt on the ground” since the enhanced community quarantine has been implemented.
CRG appeals to importers: Please take out shipments or PH’s biggest port will ground to a halt
The country’s principal trade gateway, Manila International Container Terminal, is in danger of grounding to halt if importers do not take out their shipments ASAP.
PNP to dismantle all barangay checkpoints in national highways, provincial roads
The Joint Task Force Corona Virus Shield (JTF CV Shield) on Tuesday reminded all police units to ensure that no barangay checkpoints would be set up along national highways and provincial roads across the country.
WATCH | Sorry daw! Cong. Yap is negative for COVID-19 – DOH-RITM
The Department of Health and the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine have jointly issued an apology
Worst is yet to come: Jaime Zobel De Ayala expects COVID-19 cases to peak in May to June
Bilyonaryo Jaime Augusto Zobel De Ayala expects the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines to rise in the next three months despite government’s efforts to contain its spread.
Distancing, not discrimination: Ping pushes IATF to hold info drive on how COVID can spread
An information drive can do much to prevent discrimination against people who have tested positive for COVID-19, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday.
Ping urges DOH to level up COVID response: Laging late eh!
Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday prodded the Department of Health to level up its response to the COVID-19 threat, after noting many of its actions were delayed.
Ping: Enough funds for P200B aid to poor affected by COVID19 lockdown
There are enough funds for the government’s P200-billion aid program for poor families affected by the lockdowns due to COVID-19, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday.
Paolo Duterte asks Davao customs to donate abandoned medical shipments to SPMC
Presidential son and House Deputy Speaker Paolo Duterte has instructed the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Davao City to immediately distribute abandoned shipments of various medical equipment Southern Philippines Medical Center amid the country’s COVID-19 crisis.
Transparent dapat! Ping wants lawmakers’ review of Duterte weekly report posted online
Citing the need for transparency, Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday pushed for the posting online of President Rodrigo Duterte’s weekly reports on efforts to address the COVID-19 situation.
Lagman urges Congress oversight panel for Duterte’s emergency powers not to act as Malacañang rubber stamp
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman urged members of the joint legislative oversight committee for President Rodrigo Duterte’s emergency powers not to metamorphose into a mere rubber stamp panel controlled by the executive.
LOOK: Duterte submits 18-page Covid-19 report to Congress
President Rodrigo Duterte has submitted to Congress his first report on the implementation of the government’s response to coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
