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Regular sessions will resume on Monday, Jan. 17 in the House of Representatives after the leadership decided to no longer extend the two-week lockdown it imposed as part of precautionary measures against the spread of COVID-19 infection.
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The threat of highly-transmissible Omicron variant of the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has prompted the leadership of the House of Representatives to place Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City on lockdown.
HOR plenary pandemic Secretary General Mark Llandro Mendoza disclosed on Tuesday, Jan. 4
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 16) The employees and media covering the House of Representatives will be the first to receive the coronavirus vaccine using the legislative chamber s budget, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said Wednesday.
In a briefing with reporters, Velasco said employees, the media, as well as five of their immediate family members, will be prioritized in the inoculation before congressmen have their turn. We ve decided that for the normalcy of business in Congress, we ve decided to set aside a certain amount for the vaccines, for purchasing of vaccines for our employees times five. So five of their immediate family members will be included, mainly because we want the legislative mill to be grinding, Velasco said.