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Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Tuesday, Jan. 14 urged government to provide free COVID-19 test to frontline workers helping the country respond to the pandemic. Healthcare workers Nograles aired the appeal as the Omicron variant appeared to have unleashed its damage to public health w

Bayan Muna partylist Rep. Ferdinand Gaite questioned on Tuesday Metro Manila mayors’ decision to prohibited unvaccinated individuals from going outside as he said even the vaccinated ones can still get COVID-19. Gaite said the Metro Manila mayors “should not issue a blanket statement” when they sig

AS Covid-19 cases continue to rise, a House deputy minority leader on Tuesday revealed that the 2022 P5.024 trillion national budget has no fund allocated for free mass testing. In a news statement, House Deputy Minority Leader Carlos Isagani Zarate of Bayan Muna said this year’s national budget “is not…

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose Maria A. Concepcion is supporting the move to limit the mobility of the unvaccinated population amid the recent surge of Covid-19 cases and shift to Alert Level 3 in Metro Manila. “This is what we’ve been pushing for ever since. This is what we are…

The ‘No Vaxx, No Labas’ policy that will bar unvaccinated individuals from leaving their homes may not be enough to arrest the surge in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila but will work better if backed by free mass testing to be conducted immediately. Rep. Arlene Brosas House Asst. Minority Leader

As oil companies move to implement a big time oil price hike starting this week, an opposition leader aired strong suspicion that government economic managers are blocking efforts in Congress to suspend excise tax on petroleum products for at least six months. Gasoline pump Deputy Minority Leade

A deputy minority leader on Monday called anew to the leadership of the House of Representatives to expedite the approval of the bill that suspends the excise tax on petroleum products for six months when congressional sessions resume this month. House Deputy Minority Leader Carlos Isagani Zarate of Bayan Muna,…

Frustration is growing two weeks after a devastating typhoon struck the Philippines, with government assistance slow to reach the affected areas.

Have candidates been transparent about their campaign spending on social media?

The Philippine Constitution doesn’t prohibit any form of mining; it is the mining ban that is not in line with the highest law of the land.