Senate President Vicente Sotto III strongly denied Thursday claims that the chamber is giving up on the controversy about the unauthorized COVID-19 vaccination of President Duterte's security personnel.
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday welcomed President Duterte’s pronouncements on the deferment of the implementation of the increase in Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) contribution rates for 2021.
Published January 6, 2021, 7:59 PM
At least 16 senators are now pushing for the renewal of the congressional franchise of broadcast network ABS-CBN.
A list released by Senate President Vicente Sotto III to media on Wednesday showed that more members are supporting the revival of ABS-CBN’s franchise as proposed under his Senate Bill No. 1967.
Aside from the Senate chief, also listed as co-authors were Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto; Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri; and Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon.
Senators Panfilo Lacson, Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, Nancy Binay, Sherwin Gatchalian, Richard Gordon, Lito Lapid, Emmanuel “Manny” Paqcuiao, Joel Villanueva, Risa Hontiveros, Francis Pangilinan, Aqulino “Koko” Pimentel III and Leila de Lima were recorded as authors to the bill.
Senator Leila De Lima has filed a resolution seeking a Senate inquiry on the "early" inoculation of some government officials using "unregistered and smuggled" COVID-19 vaccines.
Published January 7, 2021, 6:00 AM
Internet connectivity is a necessity in most Filipino homes nowadays, and the importance of online activity has become even more heightened because of the pandemic. For the typical family, a good Wi-Fi speed averages 25-30 Mbps to support web browsing, file transmission, music downloads, and video streaming.
But this is not enough when e-learning or online gaming comes into the picture, especially in the new normal when majority of residential dwellers study and work from home. In my own household, we needed a second broadband provider to augment the erratic service of our staple telco on top of our mobile phones’ LTE data subscriptions.