Press Release
NANCY WELCOMES GOV T MOVE TO AID HOG GROWERS
.urges DA to fast track programs for repopulation, biosecurity
Senator Nancy Binay welcomed the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a state of calamity throughout the Philippines due to African swine fever (ASF). I am thankful that the President declared a state of calamity to bring much needed aid to the local hog industry, Binay said.
According to Binay, the declaration would enable the national and local governments to appropriate funds to contain ASF.
She added that during senate hearings, resource persons representing the local hog industry would lament how they are spending a large amount just to ensure that their communities are safe from ASF.
Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB/Henzberg Austria)
Senator Joel Villanueva, committee chairman, said the DOFIL, if created, must respond to the needs of the overseas Filipino workers (OFW) following the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
“The design of DOFIL should meet the country’s need of navigating a post-pandemic world that will be challenging to OFWs. By the time the DOFIL will be in full operation, it will be a ‘changed world’. And we are not designing tomorrow’s agency on the specs and the needs of yesterday,” Villanueva said as he ordered the formation of a technical working group to finalize the committe’s report on the bill creating the DOFIL.
Press Release
May 8, 2021
Bong Go pushes measures to fill gaps in pandemic response and strengthen gov t preparedness for public health emergencies
Senator and Chair of the Senate Committee on Health Christopher Bong Go during a hearing on Thursday, May 6, pushed for a set of measures which aim to strengthen the country s epidemic preparedness and response to COVID-19 by addressing the gaps and weaknesses in the health care system.
In a speech delivered before the Committee on Health, Go acknowledged the need to expand the capacity of the health care system in order to address the still high number of COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region and its surrounding provinces.
Several senators on Wednesday slammed China for urging the Philippines to stop its activities in the West Philippine Sea in order to prevent any further escalation of disputes in the area, with one lawmaker saying that it is Beijing that is “destabilising the region.”
“We will, if they stop too,” Senate President Vicente Sotto III said in a message to reporters when sought to comment on China’s recent remarks
Half of Filipinos do not have access to a nearby primary care facility or one that patients can reach within 30 minutes, according to the Department of Health.