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Panibagong pagdinig ng Senado sa COVID-19 vaccination program, ikinasa

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 09:30 PM

Nag-desisyon ngayong Lunes ang Senado na magtakda ng dagdag na pagdinig sa Biyernes kaugnay sa COVID-19 vaccination program ng gobyerno. Read more »

Trillanes, muling binanatan ni Duterte

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 05:03 AM

MAYNILA - Muling binatikos ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang dating senador at kilalang kritiko ng administrasyon na si Antonio Trillanes IV sa kanyang public address kagabi.  Read more »

'Duterte pabor na ipagpaliban ang taas-singil ng PhilHealth'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 06:33 PM

Pabor si Pangulong Duterte sa pagpapaliban ng taas-kontribusyon ng PhilHealth ngayong 2021, ayon sa kaalyado nitong senador. Read more »

Go eyes amending Universal Health Care law to defer PhilHealth contribution hike

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 03:43 PM

Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go said he would urge the Senate to either amend the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act or craft a new measure to defer the scheduled increase of premiums for the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth). Read more »

'Dapat pasagasaan kayo ng eroplano': Go wants sanctions vs travel ban violators

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 04 12:12 PM

Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go on Monday warned that sanctions would be imposed against those who would refuse to adhere to the Philippines' new travel restrictions meant to stop the spread of the new COVID-19 strain.   Read more »

Supplemental budget needed? Senators lament lack of funds, plan for COVID-19 vaccine

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 11:38 PM

The Senate initially approved to hike the vaccine fund to P83 billion, but that was lowered after the spending bill went through bicameral conference committee deliberations. Read more »

DOJ chief tells public to stop spreading holiday lockdown rumors

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 07:06 PM

MANILA — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has some advice to those who were alarmed by rumors that spread about a possible “holiday lockdown”: stop spreading wrong information and wait for official word. Read more »

Galvez, Duque hinamon na unang magpaturok ng COVID-19 vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 05:30 PM

Dapat maunang magpaturok ng COVID-19 vaccine sina vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. at Health Secretary Francisco Duque III para mapawi ang alinlangan ng publiko sa publiko, sabi ni Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go. Read more »

Duque, Galvez must be first to take COVID vaccine to ‘encourage’ public, says Go

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 05 07:47 PM

Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go made the suggestion on Saturday as a form of assurance to the public that the vaccines work. Read more »

Bong Go says interest in COVID-19 vaccine only a 'joke'; public must be inoculated first

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 10:04 PM

MANILA - Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday night said he only “asked” about an anti-COVID-19 vaccine in jest during President Rodrigo Duterte's meeting with legislators last September 16. Read more »

'Let Ombudsman do it': Sotto nixes proposed Senate probe on SEA Games loans

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 12:03 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Friday refused to back proposals for the chamber to investigate alleged anomalies in the Philippines' hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) last year. Read more »

Panukalang dep't of disaster resilience muling tinalakay matapos ang 'Rolly'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 08:13 PM

Muling lumutang ang panukalang itatag ang Department of Disaster Resilience kasunod ng bagyong Rolly.  Read more »

Ex-PH envoy to Brazil now back home

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 03 05:23 AM

MANILA - Former Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro is back in the country, days after she was caught on video maltreating her Filipino domestic helper inside her residence in the Latin American country. Read more »

Duterte 'missing' sa gitna ng hambalos ni Rolly; Palasyo may tugon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 04:33 PM

Inanunsiyo ng Palasyo na babalik na si Pangulong Duterte sa Maynila ngayong Lunes, at magsasagawa rin ng "aerial inspection."    Read more »

Lacson, Gordon nix Bong Go's pitch to create Department of Disaster Resilience

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 03:50 PM

Senators Richard Gordon and Panfilo Lacson on Monday opposed a proposal to create the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR), saying existing government agencies are already performing the mandate of the proposed addition to an already "bloated" bureaucracy. Read more »

DBM to release Bayanihan 2 funds to agencies with complete requirements, says lawmaker

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 10:32 PM

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has committed to "immediately" release billions of funds to agencies after senators flagged the executive branch's failure to disburse funds under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2), according to a senator Tuesday. Read more »

DBM yet to release P34B to agriculture, tourism sectors under Bayanihan 2: senators

Katrina Domingo and Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 12:36 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) - The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has yet to release some P34 billion allocated for the tourism and agriculture sectors under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act about 2 months before the COVID-19 aid fund expires, several senators said Monday. Read more »

Senate OKs on final reading bill allowing President to take actions vs red tape

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 14 04:05 PM

MANILA - The Senate on Wednesday approved on third and final reading a bill that gives the President special powers to "expedite the processing and issuance of national and local licenses, permits, and certifications" in times of emergency, hours after Malacañang certified the measure against red tape as urgent. Read more »

Duque asks Senate to raise 2021 COVID-19 vaccine fund to P12.9B

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 11:09 PM

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday appealed to senators to increase the government's 2021 budget allocation for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines. Read more »

'You act as a secretary': Gordon mistakenly calls Go 'secretary' in budget hearing

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 07:54 PM

Sen. Richard Gordon on Thursday mistakenly called Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go as "secretary," saying he committed the gaffe as the lawmaker still acts "as a secretary" to President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »