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A lawmaker called on the government on Tuesday to allocate the contingency funds to assist Filipinos in Israel following the recent attack by the Palestinian group Hamas, even as another lawmaker pushed for the creation of a crisis management and response task force. Deputy Majority Leader Janette L. Garin, in a statement, emphasized the need
Pinoy seamen due to ambulance-chasing racket Ambulance-chasing lawyers swindle seafarers.
Published January 8, 2021, 5:52 PM Kabayan Party-List Rep. Ron Salo gave recognition to the Department of Health (DoH) Friday for being proactive against the new coronavirus variant. “The DOH understands the severity of the threats posed by the more transmissible new COVID strain, and has taken immediate serious steps in preventing its entry to the Philippines,” said Salo, a vice-chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts. “At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, the DoH dilly-dallied in imposing travel restrictions on foreign nationals entering the country. With the ne...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “I have serious reservation on a proposal for a lockdown during Christmas and New Year,” Salo said, sounding off on persistent rumors that a heightened lockdown or enhance community quarantine (ECQ) would be imposed in the metropolis. “We need to balance our desire to protect the health of our people with that of ensuring their mental health. Our people have already been in a long lockdown since the pandemic began and this has posed a serious challenge on the mental health of our people, particularly to the single and those living alone,”...