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BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Ever since COVID-19 cases started to surge with the coming of the new year, anecdotal reports have since emerged about delayed RT-PCR results and long queues in swabbing stations. Our colleague, Senator Ping Lacson, even tweeted about waiting for two days for res

Ever since Covid-19 cases started to surge with the coming of the New Year, anecdotal reports have since emerged about delayed RT-PCR results and long queues in swabbing stations. Our colleague, Sen. Ping Lacson, even tweeted about waiting for two days for results—before deciding to just get another swab in…

Senator Christopher "Bong" Go (Contributed photo) MANILA - Senator Christopher "Bong" Go urged the government officials to ensure that public funds are spent properly after President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed the 2022 General Appropriations Act last week. In a recent radio interview, Go said not even one peso should be wasted as the country continues to battle the Covid-19 and to recover from the impact of the pandemic. "Kaya hinihimok ko po ang mga kasamahan ko sa goby...

The 2022 P5.024-trillion national budget will be critical in implementing the government's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response, and in ensuring the country’s economic recovery. Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, chairman of the Senate Health Committee, issued this statement after commendin

President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a few items in the P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022, which are deemed to have no significant impact in the overall budget operations next year, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Friday.

ANTICIPATING what he called “troubles and birthing pains,” the main sponsor of the 2022 national budget bill in the Senate gave assurances the money measure has been designed to be ready for the challenges of transition posed by the elections and the Mandanas ruling posing a fiscal challenge to the…

DUE to bureaucratic red tape, a lawmaker on Sunday said 700 testing machines capable of detecting the Covid-19 virus in 45 minutes remain largely untapped amid the health crisis. Anakalusugan Rep. Michael T. Defensor was quoted in a statement as saying that the machines were donated by GeneXpert. A search…