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ACT-CIS lawmaker Eric Go Yap rushed to hospital: staff

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Updated as of Jun 06 05:55 PM

(UPDATE) ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap was rushed to a hospital in Benguet before dawn Saturday after feeling discomfort, his staff said. Read more »

Gov't 'willing' to pay P50-K salary for volunteer doctors: solon

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Updated as of Mar 29 01:55 PM

Lawmakers are "willing" to allot payment for volunteer health workers equivalent to the regular salary of their counterparts who are newly-hired by government, Rep. Eric Go Yap said Sunday, as the country fights the COVID-19 pandemic.   Read more »

Rep. Yap negative for COVID-19, RITM clarifies; apologizes for 'clerical oversight'

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Updated as of Mar 27 08:09 PM

MANILA - ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap is negative for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) said Friday as it apologized for making a "clerical oversight" on the release of a false positive diagnosis. Read more »

Budget chief Avisado on 'second round' of quarantine after meetings with COVID-positive Yap

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Updated as of Mar 27 11:25 AM

MANILA - Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado on Friday said he is under his "second round" of self-quarantine after attending several meetings with ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap who tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

COVID-positive congressman could face raps for breach of Palace protocol: PSG

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 01:27 PM

ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap, who tested positive for COVID-19, can face charges for possible breach of Malacañang’s precautionary protocol on the disease, the head of President Rodrigo Duterte’s official security said Thursday. Read more »

Sotto willing to take another COVID-19 test after exposure to Rep. Yap

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Posted at Mar 26 11:51 AM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday said he may undergo another coronavirus test after he attended a meeting with a lawmaker who recently tested positive for the highly-contagious disease. Read more »

Lawmaker explains why he attended gov't meetings after being tested for COVID-19

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Updated as of Mar 26 06:02 AM

ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap said Wednesday he went to work despite having tested for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) because he was not exhibiting any symptoms of the illness. Read more »

Go to self-quarantine after exposure to coronavirus-infected congressman

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Posted at Mar 26 12:24 AM

MANILA - Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go said Wednesday he will undergo self-quarantine after he was exposed to ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap, who was found out to have caught the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

Cayetano, other lawmakers to go on self-quarantine after exposure to COVID-19-positive Yap

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 12:09 AM

MANILA - House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and the lawmakers and staff physically present during the special session of Congress last Monday at the Batasan Pambansa will go on self-quarantine after the disclosure of Rep. Eric Yap that he tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

After attending Palace and Congress meetings, lawmaker reveals he has COVID-19

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Updated as of Mar 26 03:48 AM

(UPDATED) ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap said Wednesday he had been diagnosed with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

ACT-CIS’ Eric Go Yap appointed caretaker congressman of Benguet

Michelle Soriano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 12:47 AM

ACT-CIS Rep. Eric Go Yap has been appointed to take over Benguet's lone congressional seat vacated by Nestor Fongwan Sr., who died last month. Read more »

Lawmaker: Require lifestyle checks for officers pursuing PNP top post

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Posted at Oct 23 01:59 AM

A more thorough vetting system for police-officer candidates could avoid a repetition of Gen. Albayalde's case and the allegations surrounding him, says ACT-CIS Rep. Eric Go Yap. Read more »