"[W]e urge the Philippine National Police and other authorities to investigate this matter thoroughly to make sure that the perpetrators are brought to justice," the League of Provinces of the Philippines said.
League of Provinces of the Philippines President and Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. said Saturday that he believes the Omicron coronavirus variant is now causing the spike in COVID-19 cases in the provinces.
(File photo) MANILA - The House of Representatives is urging the Department of Social Welfare and Development to release the monthly social pension of senior citizens on a quarterly basis instead of the current semestral schedule. During Tuesday's plenary session, the chamber adopted House Resolution 2276, which stresses the need to provide senior citizens financial assistance as soon as possible amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez, one of the authors of the resolution, said an interval of six months within which to distribute the social pension for indigent senior citizens maybe more harmful than responsible. "The deprivation or delayed administration of critical medicines to the citizenry, especially the elderly, has the potential to worsen existing medical conditions," Rodriguez said. Rodriguez said as a result of lockdowns and quarantines in many parts of the country due to Covid-19, a large segment of the working populatio
Local government units are now conducting house-to-house visits as they bring the COVID-19 vaccination program to the barangay level, the League of Provinces of the Philippines said Friday.
Only the affected areas were consulted by the national government regarding the implementation of the Alert Level System for COVID-19 response outside Metro Manila, Malacañang said Thursday.