President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will consult with experts on the best way to slowly revive the slagging economy while trying to contain the novel corona virus contagion. The Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) has not given any hint whether to lift the...

The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) vehemently condemned the weekend arrest of seven volunteers for a relief operation in Norzagaray, 50 kilometers away from country’s capital, Manila, as baseless. The incident happened last April 19 as police apprehended the volunteers’...

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday night received a phone call from United States President Donald Trump, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go said. The two state leaders will be discussing bilateral cooperation against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Go said that it was Trump who initiated the phone...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved 16 COVID-19 Rapid Antibody test kits for commercial use as of April 16, 2020. These applications have completed necessary documentary requirements and have undergone review and evaluation by the FDA. As part of FDA’s mandate to ensure...

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Sunday said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) is set to send on April 25 to President Rodrigo Duterte what recommendations will be taken after the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) expires by the end of the month, including whether to...

Senator Bong Go on Sunday said President Rodrigo Duterte will meet with health experts, including former Department of Health  (DOH) secretaries,  before coming out with a decision on whether to extend or modify the prevailing enhanced community quarantine (EQC) after April 30. Speaking in an interview over...

The use of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the stricter implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) does not amount to Martial Law, Senate  President Vicente Sotto III said on Sunday. "It does not necessarily mean there is Martial Law unless it is...

Senator Christopher "Bong" Go considered as "positive developments" the greater number of recoveries than deaths caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the past few days. “Now, the recoveries are increasing as compared to deaths. But still, we don't want people dying. That's what...

Citing the need for transparency as mandated under the Bayanihan We Heal as One Act, Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Friday called for the publication of the names of individuals who have received the government's cash aid under the Special Amelioration Program (SAP). Sotto,...

Scrapping the donor's tax and making the value of donations deductible from income tax will boost the country's efforts to save frontliners and more lives during calamities, Senator Marcos said. "Taxes are not the only way to generate much needed government resources. A new world...