Tag: Angara

DOH: Senator Angara may no longer be infectious even if he tested positive again for COVID-19

(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara may no longer be infectious even if he tested positive again for COVID-19, a Health official said on Saturday, May 2. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the senator’s doctors may be right: that “this might be remnants of the virus in his body but are not necessarily infectious anymore.” Angara said he found out he was positive for COVID-19 again after he took a test in preparation for his donation […]

Angara: DOH should explain overstocking of billions of pesos worth of meds in warehouses

(Eagle News)–Senator Edgardo Angara on Thursday, Aug. 1, said the Department of Health should explain what he said was the overstocking of medicines worth billions of pesos in its warehouses. In a statement, Angara said close to P20 billion worth of drugs and medicine are there, as cited by the Commission on Audit in its 2018 report on the agency. Angara said the wastage “is becoming like dengue, it has become an annual thing.” “And […]

Timely passage of 2020 national budget assured by Senate, House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rypFxQLgCCY   (Eagle News) – Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have assured that the proposed 2020 national budget will be passed on time. The newly-designated Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance Senator Sonny Angara said his panel’s scrutiny of the proposed 2020 national budget will be “thorough, transparent, truthful. “And we will pass it on time,” he said. The senator said that he expects Malacanang will be sending over the proposed […]

Sen. Angara pushes additional benefits for uniformed personnel

(Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara is seeking the passage of a measure asking additional allowance and benefits of all uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police. The call was made in the face of the alleged withholding of P59.5 million worth of allowances and hazardous pay of the PNP’s Special Action Force (SAF) members. “Kakarampot na nga lamang na allowance, nagawa pang ipagdamot sa ating mga magigiting na SAF troopers?” Angara pointed out. “We […]

Faster internet connectivity programs should be prioritized – Angara

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara said that government programs on faster internet connectivity should be prioritized especially in rural areas, so more online jobs for rural folks can be created. Angara said that having faster internet connectivity would also boost and encourage investors to build business process outsourcing (BPO) industries in local areas and barangays. https://youtu.be/NhkOCbi3clo

Not Economically Free

Sa kabila ng naganap na pag aaklas sa EDSA tatlong dekada na ang nakalilipas, marami pa rin sa mga Pilipino ang hindi ganap na malaya. Ayon kay Senador Sonny Angara, hanggang ngayon maraming Pinoy pa rin ang mahirap at nagugutom dahil sa kawalan ng sapat na ayuda mula sa gobyerno. Naniniwala si Angara na ang pagtugon at pagbibigay lang ng solusyon sa kahirapan sa pamamagitan ng pagpapalawak sa oportunidad na magbibigay ng kinabukasan sa bawat […]