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Drilon questions direct disbursement of anti-insurgency fund to barangays

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 09:03 PM

The Senate Minority Leader earlier flagged a P16-billion fund, saying it could be "clearly used for political purposes." Read more »

COA told to file case vs Budget dept over withholding P173-M fund

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 05:09 PM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Monday urged the Commission on Audit (COA) to file a case against the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) after it withheld the release of the state auditor's P173 million funding for capital outlay. Read more »

Opposition senators question lower 2021 DOH budget amid COVID-19 crisis

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 05:53 PM

MANILA - Opposition senators on Wednesday questioned why the Department of Health's proposed 2021 budget is P21 billion less than the current year's funding as the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues.    Read more »

Higher than labor, tourism fund? Drilon flags P16B for anti-insurgency program in 2021 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 03:39 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday flagged the P16-billion budget next year for an anti-insurgency task force, questioning why it received more funds than the labor and the tourism departments, whose sectors were crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Fire Duque instead of giving Duterte emergency powers to fix PhilHealth: Lacson

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 12:30 PM

At least 3 senators have rejected the plan of a House panel to give President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to fix reported anomalies in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth). Read more »

Senado bubuo ng komiteng sisilip sa pondo ng PhilHealth

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 07:55 PM

Ipasisilip ng Senado ang totoong estado ng pondo ngayon ng PhilHealth. Read more »

Gov't may lose up to P13.2B in 5 years if Congress OKs FIST: National Treasurer

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 08:33 PM

The government is expected to lose as much as P13.2 billion in the next 5 years should Congress pass a Bangko Sentral-backed measure that would cushion banks from the possible build up of bad loans due to the COVID-19 crisis. Read more »

'79,500 doctors needed': Senate tackles medical scholarship bill to solve physician shortage in PH

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 09:35 PM

The Senate on Monday began debating on a bill that would provide scholarships to Filipinos who want to be a doctor, to help the Philippines end its lack of physicians.   Read more »

Online tutorial on making molotovs? Military official justifies need to 'regulate' social media

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 03:44 PM

A military official on Monday sough to justify the government's need to "regulate" social media, claiming terrorist groups have allegedly been holding online tutorials on how to make molotov bombs. Read more »

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 »