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Binay calls for return of more public transport

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 10:41 AM

Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday called for the return of more public transportation to help revive the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Quezon City, Makati LGU nagtalaga ng vaccination sites

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 09:19 PM

Nagsimula nang magkasa ang Quezon City at Makati City governments ng kani-kanilang vaccination sites.   Read more »

Duque to tell Duterte to be vaccinated publicly vs COVID-19

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 09:39 PM

This, after Malacañang said this week that the chief executive would be inoculated in private once the COVID-19 vaccine becomes available in the Philippines. Read more »

Several senators seek to institutionalize UP-DND accord

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 04:40 PM

Senate Bill No. 2002 seeks to amend the UP Charter to include guidelines on military and police operations inside the university, similar to the ones under the 1989 Abueva-Ramos Accord. Read more »

Binay: Even if it arrives in PH, Sinovac vaccine can't be used without EUA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 10:46 PM

An EUA will allow a vaccine to be imported, distributed and administered in the country through a national immunization program. Read more »

Gobyerno posible pang umatras sa Sinovac deal, ayon sa ilang opisyal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 09:13 PM

Posible pang umatras o hindi matuloy ang pagbili ng gobyerno ng Sinovac vaccine mula China. Read more »

Binay pushes for deployment of quarantine marshals in tourist spots

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 07:50 PM

Senate Committee of Tourism chair Nancy Binay on Thursday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19 to deploy marshals in tourist spots to ensure that vacationers are still following health protocols. Read more »

13 senators back Sotto's bill seeking fresh 25-year franchise for ABS-CBN

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 04:51 PM

At least 13 senators have backed Senate President Vicente Sotto III's bill seeking to give ABS-CBN a new 25-year franchise after a House panel refused to renew the broadcast giant's license to operate last year. Read more »

'Medyo mababaw': Local execs urge public to 'move on' from illegal PSG vaccination

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 11:05 AM

Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian on Tuesday urged the public to "move on" from the illegal vaccination of President Rodrigo Duterte's close-in security against the coronavirus. Read more »

Makati pledges free COVID-19 vaccines for residents

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 08:09 AM

MANILA - Makati City will provide free COVID-19 vaccines for all its residents, its mayor said Monday. Read more »

Senators call for probe into 'series of unlawful killings'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 09:31 PM

Six senators on Monday filed a resolution calling for an investigation into the "series of unlawful killings" in the country, noting that at least 15 professionals and activists have been killed in the second half of 2020 alone. Read more »

'Sobra na': Binay calls for values "reorientation' for police force

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 21 06:34 PM

Sen. Nancy Binay on Monday urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) to conduct a "top to bottom value re-orientation" in the organization, saying there have been too many uniformed personnel mired in killings and other controversies. Read more »

Mass wedding pinapayagan ngayong pandemya: DILG

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 02:09 PM

Inihayag ng Department of the Interior and Local Government na pinapayagan ang pagdaraos ng mass wedding ngayong may pandemya basta nasusunod ang mga health protocol. Read more »

Squabbling badminton leaders each insist on right to vote at POC election

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Nov 26 09:12 PM

A general assembly Thursday allowed the national federations of tennis and badminton to vote in the POC elections on Friday, despite being beset with issues.   Read more »

Binay disputes POC voters list; Albee Benitez represents badminton at polls, says exec

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Nov 25 07:05 PM

Binay says he remains the president of the Philippine Badminton Association Inc. Smash Pilipinas, but the sports body's secretary general denies this.  Read more »

After Duterte remarks vs Robredo, senators lament typhoon relief now 'politicized'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 03:59 PM

Several senators on Wednesday lamented at how relief efforts for typhoon victims became "politicized" after President Rodrigo Duterte ranted on national television over criticisms that he was not on top of the situation of disaster relief and response operations. Read more »

NPA may get more sympathizers if P19-B anti-insurgency fund is scrapped - Dela Rosa

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 11:24 PM

Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa on Monday appealed to his fellow senators to avoid nixing the proposed P19-billion budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), saying villagers may return to sympathizing with the communist rebels should the government fail to deliver promised projects in rural barangays. Read more »

Sen. Binay questions allotment of anti-insurgency funds for highly-urbanized villages

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 07:51 PM

Sen. Nancy Binay on Monday questioned why several barangays in highly-urbanized cities were included in the list of recipients of the anti-insurgency fund, which is intended to spur development in rural villages to discourage residents from joining the communist movement. Read more »

Ex-VP Binay laments 'consequences' of ABS-CBN closure in disaster coverage

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 02 09:33 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) – Former Vice President Jejomar Binay lamented Monday the "consequences" of ABS-CBN's absence in free television after losing its legislative franchise in the hands of administration-allied lawmakers, saying it "left a noticeable" vacuum in the country's disaster coverage.  Read more »

Gatchalian belies reports Senate panel voted to approve Marcos Day bill

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 10:17 AM

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday belied reports that a Senate panel voted in favor of the approval of a bill declaring September 11 as a special non-working holiday in Ilocos Norte to commemorate the birth anniversary of former President Ferdinand Marcos. Read more »