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Bayanihan 2 waives off phase 4 trial for coronavirus vaccine: senator

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 21 09:00 PM

A proposed law will waive off a required stage in the trial of coronavirus vaccines to speed up the drug’s procurement once available, a senator said Thursday.  Read more »

P1 bilyon para sa kubeta, kalsadang pang-turismo kasama sa Bayanihan 2: senador

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 21 10:38 AM

Maglalaan ng P1 bilyon na pondo para sa mga kubeta at kalsadang pang-turismo ang isang panukalang batas na hahayaan si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na mag-realign ng P140 bilyon para sa coronavirus pandemic, sabi ng isang senador, Biyernes. Read more »

POGOs to pitch in for P140-billion boost to coronavirus war chest: senator

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 21 10:14 AM

Chinese-run gambling hubs will be a potential source for funds to contain the coronavirus pandemic, under a law that allows President Rodrigo Duterte to realign P140 billion for the crisis, a senator said Friday. Read more »

Bayanihan 2 lusot na sa bicam

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 06:59 PM

Nakalusot na sa bicameral conference ang committee report ng Bayanihan to Recover As One Act o Bayanihan 2, na gagamitin ng gobyerno para matulungan ang mga sektor na pinadapa ng pandemya.  Read more »

60-day loan moratorium sa credit card, housing loan at iba pa, napagkasunduan sa Bicam

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 04:32 PM

MAYNILA - Nagkasundo na ang mga mambabatas sa bicameral conference committee ng Bayanihan Act 2 na magpatupad ng 60-araw moratorium sa pagbabayad ng loans. Read more »

Drilon blames Duque's 'lack of urgency,' 'poor performance' for PH COVID-19 crisis

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 11:58 AM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday blamed Health Secretary Francisco Duque III's "poor health management" performance for the thousands of COVID-19 deaths in the Philippines, now the disease's epicenter in southeast Asia. Read more »

Morales 'siding' with one 'faction' in PhilHealth: Drilon

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 12 09:34 PM

Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) President Ricardo Morales "is siding with one group of partisans" in the state-run insurance firm, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Wednesday. Read more »

Dialysis center 'seems' to be 'new conduit' of PhilHealth corruption: Lacson, Drilon

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 12 01:32 PM

A dialysis center that received millions of COVID-19 funding may be PhilHealth's new "conduit" of corruption after the clinic which facilitated ghost claims was toppled last year, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday. Read more »

Drilon urges PhilHealth execs to take leave of absence during probe

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 12 09:06 AM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday called on PhilHealth officials to take a leave of absence as lawmakers and other anti-corruption bodies probe alleged corruption in the state insurance firm. Read more »

Drilon bats for new law to 'reorganize' PhilHealth, outsource modernization plan

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 04:17 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday pushed for the creation of a new law that would allow President Rodrigo Duterte to "reorganize" the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth), which has consistently figured in alleged anomalies. Read more »

PhilHealth's hospital reimbursements for COVID-19 cases 'based on vengeance': Drilon

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 11 06:05 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday said "vengeance" was the Philippine Health Insurance Corp's (PhilHealth) basis for selecting which hospitals would receive reimbursements for COVID-19-related expenses. Read more »

PhilHealth hit over COVID-19 'excuse' for January release of P27-B 'war chest' for hospitals

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 01:21 PM

MANILA - Senators on Tuesday questioned the P27-billion "war chest" the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) made available to hospitals in January, convinced that the COVID-19 pandemic was used as an excuse to justify the release to allegedly favored health care institutions. Read more »

Ombudsman, audit, civil service commissions can't be part of task force probing PhilHealth: Drilon

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 07:13 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday flagged the inclusion of the Commission on Audit and the Civil Service Commision into a task force tasked to investigate alleged irregularities in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth). Read more »

Dela Rosa tells Drilon: You are my 'idol' in lawmaking

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 10:52 PM

Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa on Monday called Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon his "idol" in lawmaking as the two senators debated on a proposal that sought to increase the number of women in the police force. Read more »

Death penalty, gustong ibalik ni Pangulong Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 07:58 PM

Gusto ng Pangulo na maibalik ang parusang kamatayan para sa mga kasong may kinalaman sa droga.  Read more »

Duterte's rants vs Drilon in 5th SONA 'unpresidential': Gordon

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 02:14 PM

Sen. Richard Gordon on Tuesday said President Rodrigo Duterte's rants against Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon during the 5th State of the Nation Address (SONA) were "unpresidential," saying lawmakers should not be called out for giving their opinions. Read more »

Drilon opposes Duterte's fresh call for death penalty

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 11:48 AM

Sen. Franklin Drilon said Tuesday he would oppose President Rodrigo Duterte's fresh call for the revival of death penalty due to "deficiencies in our justice system." Read more »

'Usually full of rants and excuses': What public officials said about Duterte's 5th SONA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 12:11 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte's fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) was "usually full of rants and excuses" and did not use the opportunity to lay out a plan to further address the coronavirus crisis in the country, several public officials said Monday. Read more »

Duterte asked: Where's pandemic roadmap in SONA?

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 03:13 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte addressed Filipinos on Monday seeking to rally a nation battered by a raging pandemic but laid down no detailed roadmap for the country’s post-COVID-19 future, critics and analysts said. Read more »

Duterte threatens to shut down, expropriate PLDT, Globe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 10:42 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte opened his penultimate State of the Nation Address by attacking the Lopez family, branding the owners of ABS-CBN as "oligarchs", just weeks after his Congressional allies denied the network's franchise renewal bid. Read more »