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MANILA - Congress has set aside a total of PHP7.8 billion in the 2022 national budget for feeding programs that are expected to benefit over 3.6 million undernourished children, Rep. Michael Defensor (Anakalusugan) said on Sunday, ahead of the observance of November as National Children's Month. "We are counting on the national government's targeted feeding programs to help improve the nutritional and overall health condition of children from poverty-stricken families who continue t...

For working tirelessly as they confronted the danger and the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the over 5,000 employees of the Quezon City government deserve a year-end incentive equivalent to one-month salary. Rep. Michael Defensor Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor called on the

Quezon City mayoralty aspirant and Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor vowed on Friday, Oct. 15 to stop the increase in land taxes imposed by the city government on residential, commercial and industrial lots if elected mayor in the May 2022 elections. Rep. Michael Defensor2 Defensor, who chose

CENTENARIANS. Centenarian Dionela A. Gonzaga of Barangay San Pedro, San Jose de Buenavista proudly shows her felicitation letter and PHP100,000 cash incentive from government on Sept. 27, 2021. Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Michael Defensor on Sunday (Oct. 3) said a total of 7,322 centenarian Filipinos have already received their one-time PHP100,000 cash award since the passage of the Centenarians Law of 2016. (Photo courtesy of San Jose de Buenavista LGU) MANILA - A total of 7,322 Filipinos who ...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 11) — The Food and Drug Administration reiterated that it has not yet officially approved remdesivir and ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment, but both drugs can be used for limited permits in several hospitals. Speaking to CNN Philippines The Source, FDA Director General Eric Domingo said the antiviral drug remdesivir is also classified as an investigational product, which can be used by hospitals that were granted compassionate special permits. "T...

Share The Philippines’ Department of Health purchased one billion pesos ($21 million) worth of remdesivir to treat Covid-19 patients. GILEAD SCIENCES INC Philippines’ $21M remdesivir buy a ‘waste of money’ Mon, 10 May 2021 Two Philippine House lawmakers on May 9 criticised the Department of Health (DoH) for buying one billion pesos ($21 million) worth of remdesivir even after the World Health Organisation (WHO) had rejected the use of the drug in Covid-19 treatment. Anakalusugan Represe...

Published May 10, 2021, 4:18 PM Presidential spokesman Harry Roque is a coronavirus survivor mainly because of the antiviral drug called remdesivir. Roque made a pitch for remdesivir to help ease coronavirus symptoms after some lawmakers questioned the Department of Health’s (DOH) purchase of the drug as treatment for the illness. Appearing on a televised press briefing from Davao City, the Palace official admitted he thought he was going to die when he was hospitalized for coronavirus diseas...

Published May 9, 2021, 3:53 PM Two senior administration congressmen on Sunday, May 9, issued separate statements chiding the Department of Health for its continued inaction against the use of remdesivir in treating patients suffering from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). But while Deputy Speaker and Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza and Anakalusugan Rep. Michael Defensor took moves to question DOH and Filipino doctors prescribing remdesivir, demand for the injectable anti-viral drug s...

DOH execs may face raps over remdesivir purchases —solon Published May 9, 2021 2:47pm Department of Health officials may face criminal charges if they insist on buying further supplies of remdesivir despite the World Health Organization recommendation against the drug’s use on COVID-19 patients, Rep. Michael Defensor said Sunday. "We consider all new purchases of remdesivir as reckless and foolish spending in light of the WHO recommendation, and considering that government is scroungi...

Published May 7, 2021, 5:32 PM House Deputy Speaker and Bagong Henerasyon Rep. Bernadette Herrera on Friday, May 7, lauded as a “groundbreaking development” the reported decision of the Food and Drug Administration to issue a Certificate of Product Registration for Ivermectin which has been promoted by lawmakers as a drug that could treat and prevent human infection of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID 19). Herrera is among the Lower House officials who have expressed support for the use ...