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Sen. Cynthia Villar became the third senator to get infected with COVID-19 in a span of days, prompting her – as did her two similarly afflicted colleagues – to settle for online participation at yesterday’s session.
Another member of the Senate has tested positive for COVID, but Sen. Imee Marcos was still able to attend yesterday’s session virtually despite a raging fever.
Starting on Monday, the Senate will strictly implement COVID-19 protocols and will require guests and visitors to present a negative antigen test result taken within 24 hours.
Nevermind the budget. Former Congressman Albee Benitez, owner of BrightLight Production, is happy with the outcome of “MagikLand,” one of the 10 official entries to the virtual 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival, which took almost two years to be finished. “The original budget is P90 million but we already crossed P100 million. Actually I stopped counting. Considering the number of special effects, computer graphics, animation, lumagpas na kami ng isang daan. If you look at it, parang secondary ‘yung business side ng film,” said Benitez during an interview in Quezon City on Dec. 9...