The Philippine government will not impose a travel ban on overseas Filipino workers returning from Hong Kong even as the special administrative region of China is battling its fifth Covid-19 wave, Malacañang said.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte said he is “comfortable with the thought that I have done my best” to deliver his campaign promise to leave Malacañang with a strong military despite the government’s limited income.
UniTeam senatorial aspirant Harry Roque wants to reintroduce measures that protect witnesses to show the government's commitment to prosecuting serious crimes such as those related to the war on drugs perpetrated by the police.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte lauded the joint efforts of the government agencies, local government units, and the private sector to make the vaccination for children aged 5 to 11 years old “non-traumatic.”
Should he win in the May 9 polls, Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said Filipino farmers can expect a wider state-funded program that would install solar-powered irrigation systems on their paddy fields and plantations.
Vice President Leni Robredo is the top pick for the presidency based on the results of a recent survey by an organization of Catholic educational institutions in the country.
Malacañang thanked the Australian government for its unwavering support to the country's Covid-19 pandemic response and its other humanitarian assistance to the Philippines.