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Published May 6, 2021, 8:22 PM Deputy Speaker and 1Sagip Partylist Rep. Rodante Marcoleta has asked the Department of Health and other health professionals to explain their preference in prescribing Remdesivir notwithstanding the World Health Organization’s advisory against its use for people battling the deadly novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Marcoleta said officials of the DOH and the Food and Drug Administration should also make public disclosure of their links with the so-called Big...

Dr. Benigno “Iggy” Agbayani, head of Concerned Doctors and Citizens of the Philippines, who was also present during the drug’s free distribution last week, made this claim in a televised interview with CNN Philippines on April 30. “I also forgot to write ‘ivermectin’ and the reason for that sa dami po ng reseta na nabigay ko, akala ko nalagay ko na yung ivermectin,” Agbayani said. Called “Ivermectin pan-three,” Deputy Speaker  Rodante Marcoleta (Sagip party-list) and Rep. ...

Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) PCP Vice President Dr. Maricar Limpin warned that taking the drug despite the lack of evidence to support claims that it is supposedly effective against COVID-19 will only give people false security. “Ang aming posisyon diyan (Our position in that) is we still have to wait for the results of the clinical trials because that will be our evidence on whether we can give it for COVID-19 or not,” Limpin said in a TeleRadyo interview Friday, April 30. Presid...

BusinessWorld April 30, 2021 | 7:58 pm Anti-parasitic not a substitute for vaccines says ivermectin advocate Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose Ma. “Joey” Concepcion III said that the private sector would prioritize donating 500,000 AstraZeneca doses to the government if deliveries from the COVAX global facility to the Philippine government are delayed. The Philippines has already received more than 500,000 AstraZeneca doses from the facility, which were us...

Published April 28, 2021, 3:38 PM A lawyer on Wednesday, April 28, challenged Health Secretary Francisco Duque to recommend the imposition of price caps on Remdesivir if he is convinced that the World Health Organization was wrong in declaring the reported anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drug as “ineffective” against the deadly ailment. Lawyer Larry Gadon aired the challenge even as he prepared for the filing of criminal complaints against pharmaceutical firms, distributors and retailer...

Published April 7, 2021, 5:28 PM A resolution seeking to honor the former press secretary and veteran newsman Crispulo Julio “Jun” Icban, Jr. has been filed at the House of Representatives. In filing House Resolution No. 1695, AnaKalusugan Party-list Representative Michael Defensor sought to honor Icban for his “lifetime of contributions to Philippine Journalism.” (MANILA BULLETIN) “He has led a productive life, especially in the field of journalism,” Defensor stated in his resoluti...

Published March 17, 2021, 2:35 PM House Asst. Majority Leader and Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo on Wednesday, March 17 doused cold water to speculations that he was intentionally removed  as vice chairman of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations – a move seen by observers  as an indication of a falling out between Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Arroyo, currently chairman of the House Committe...

House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez Romualdez made this disclosure a day  after Reps. Michael Defensor  (Anakalusugan Partylist) and Jocelyn Limkaichong (NPC, Negros Oriental) made similar announcements of their respective positive results after undergoing RT-PCR test. “Today, I received the result of my RT-PCR test showing that I am positive for COVID-19.  I am scheduled to undergo a second test tomorrow (Thursday) to rule out a false positive result,” said R...

Published March 14, 2021, 3:17 PM Deputy Speaker and Abono Partylist Rep. Conrado Estrella III on Sunday, March 14, assailed as “baseless and pure fake news” media reports claiming that Speaker Lord Allan Velasco is planning to oust Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez as majority leader of the House of Representatives. Abono Party-list Rep. Conrado Estrella (FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO) “Whoever has been spreading this fake news does not know Speaker Velasco. The speaker knows pretty much tha...

Published February 17, 2021, 5:10 PM The House of Representatives investigation into the “bad loans” of owners of the ABS-CBN network with the Development Bank of the Philippines has been expanded to include similar loan issues totaling P9.55 billion that led to huge losses to the state-owned bank. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Members of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability unanimously adopted a motion for the inclusion in the on-going inquiry “bad loans” tha...