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The Department of Health (DOH) wants to spend P629 million for advertising next year, just one of its many information-related expenses in 2020 that can be tapped to fight the fake news on vaccines, which has kept many children from getting them. This was pointed out by Senate...

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today batted for an increase in the government’s budgetary subsidy to five specialty hospitals in Quezon City which draw patients from all over the country. These are Philippine Heart Center (PHC), the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP),...

With the signing of the revised rules on GCTA, it is hoped that our Justice and prison officials will work overtime like elves in Santa’s workshop to bring the genuinely sick, infirm, old, terminally-ill prisoners home to their families this Christmas. The President is correct –...

If the Secretary of DND was left clueless about the China Telecom-AFP deal in his own backyard, then maybe it is time to install a radar system in his office. If this deal can fly stealthily under the nose of the man responsible for our nation’s defense, then it raises anew the...

Ang pagsunog sa imprenta ng Abante ay kagagawan ng mga duwag at takot sa katotohanan. Ito ay pakana ng mga taong nangangamba na ang madilim nilang mga gawain ay mabibisto ng liwanag ng sulo ng malayang pamamahayag. Hindi nila alam na batay sa ating kasaysaysan, ang taktika ng...

Government should “top off” the proposed P7.5 billion national immunization budget for 2020 with funds for an information campaign that will roll back fake news-triggered “vaccine hesitancy” among parents. The proposal was made by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, who...

I support the Drilon-Lacson resolution allowing Sen. Leila de Lima to participate in our plenary sessions through video conferencing. She may be imprisoned, but Senator Leila remains an incumbent, who, lest we forget, was elected by 14.1 million citizens of this country. Her...

Government should open up a new front in contingency preparations for African Swine Flu, on how to financially help people in the P280 billion a year industry if tests prove that the deadly disease is already here. “I think that a study group should be convened to assess the...