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Speaker Lord Allan Velasco (Lord Allan Velasco’s Office / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In separate bills filed before the House, Velasco proposed to amend provisions of  Republic Act 11223 or the Universal Health Care Act and RA 11199 or the Social Security Act of 2018 that mandates gradual increases in monthly premium contributions of members. “These are extraordinary times and Congress must respond accordingly,” Velasco said, as he called for swift approval of the two bills that both aimed at alleviating the financial burden faced by Filipino workers amid the COVID-19 crisis. Under ...

Published January 3, 2021, 7:24 PM “Bagong taon na, tigilan na ang pagiging bitter (It’s the New Year, stop being bitter).” This was Buhay Party-list Rep. Lito Atienza’s unsolicited piece of advice Sunday to former Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, who a few days ago accused the current House leadership of blocking the supposed plan of Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor and Bulacan Rep. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado to probe corruption allegations against some of their fellow congressmen. Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza (FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “That’s fake news,�...

Being a “fortuitous event,” the COVID-19 pandemic crisis should prod the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to grant a six-month reprieve to its members from paying higher premium contributions, Anakalusugan partylist Rep. Michael Defensor said Sunday.

Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor appealed to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) Saturday to defer the implementation of additional premium contributions of its members as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip the country.

Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The former head of the lower chamber took a swipe at his successor, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, after President Duterte named recently a few incumbent and former congressmen who were allegedly involved in anomalous infrastructure projects according to the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC). “I expect more names to be named because there are a lot of names circulating. I’m just disappointed that naunahan pa ng Presidente (the President revealed it first),” Cayetano said in an interview with reporters in Taguig C...