President Rodrigo Duterte removed his mask at a meeting with health experts and members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) Saturday (December 26).
May araw rin kayo! Ping scores pattern of overpricing at DOH
The height of callousness and greed. This was how Sen. Panfilo Lacson described on Thursday the pattern of overpricing in the Department of Health’s purchase of medical equipment to address the COVID-19 threat.
Ping backs DOF chief’s proposed mass hiring of contact tracers. Pero kaya ba ng DOH?
A proposal by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III to hire contact tracers en masse to curb the spread of COVID-19 got the full support of Sen. Panfilo Lacson.
Ninja moves! Wally Sombero asks SC to release him due to COVID-19 threat
Retired Police Sr. Supt. Wally Sombero has asked has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to grant him bail due to the threat of the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19).
Baka purihin pa siya! Ping says Senate may forego probe on Duque if…
The Senate may forego a looming investigation of the issues brought up against Health Secretary Francisco Duque III if he shows a marked improvement in his work in fighting the COVID-19 threat, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Saturday.
Ping gives PACC new motto
The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission may deserve a new motto for wanting to probe personalities having their own efforts to help those affected by the COVID-19 threat.
Peralta issues guidelines for courts amid COVID-19 threat
Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta on Thursday (March 12) warned first and level courts against sharing fake news concerning the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Disaster mindset dapat! Robredo urges gov’t to act fast, communicate clearly amid COVID-19 threat
Vice President Leni Robredo called on the government Thursday (March 12) to act swiftly to procure testing kits and clearly communicate the threat posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Angara to govt: Follow best practices of South Korea to combat COVID-19 threat
Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday expressed hope that the government is ready for the “worst” insofar as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak is concerned.
Año cool to Metro lock down: ‘Di pa kailangan ‘yan
There is no pressing reason yet to place Metro Manila on lockdown amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) threat, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Wednesday.
Romero pushes ‘See the World in PH’ campaign versus Covid-19
Deputy Speaker and 1-Pacman party-list Rep. Mikee Romero on Saturday revealed that airline companies are set to launch their respective local promotion campaigns to give Filipinos the chance to “see the world in the Philippines” notwithstanding the Covid-19 threat.
Galawang China! Ping: Taiwan travel ban is wrong
Like the scrapping of the Visiting Forces Agreement, the Philippine government’s travel ban on Taiwan – supposedly in the wake of the COVID-19 threat – may not necessarily be the the right call, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Friday.
