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(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 […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara has tested positive anew for COVID-19. In a Facebook post on Saturday, May 2, Angara said he found out about this after he underwent an initial antibody test in preparation for his donation of blood plasma to COVID-19 patients for a second time. “My wife Tootsy has tested negative, which could be proof of what my doctors are positing that I am probably no longer infectious and that this latest positive […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara on Monday, April 13, called on the authorities to “exchange data” on coronavirus disease 2019 patients. Angara, who has recovered from COVID-19, made the appeal as he announced he had donated his plasma to a patient who was in critical condition. ” Gave my plasma and it went straight to a hospital in QC to a man on a ventilator- a severe case of COVID19. My wonderful doctors say it could […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara on Monday, April 6, said he has recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019. In a Facebook post, Angara said after several days in the emergency room and the COVID-19 wing, his doctors finally sent him home, “negative for the virus and pneumonia free.” “Big big thanks to my doctors and nurses for taking care of me and to my family, loved ones, friends for all the prayers, letters and […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. Angara made the announcement in a statement on Thursday, March 26. “I have been feeling some symptoms like mild fever, cough, headaches and general weakness,” he said. He said he has not had any contact with the public since he took the test on March 16. “Let us continue to support all efforts to fight the further spread of the virus. […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for the creation of a dental unit in each of the Department of Health’s rural health centers so each Filipino can have access to dentists. In making the proposal through Senate Bill No. 962, Angara noted the results of a 2016 report by the Philippine Prosthodontic Society that said that around seven million Filipinos have never been to a dentist due to the misconception that accessing dental care is […]
(Eagle News)–A resolution hailing gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo and boxer Nesthy Petecio will soon be filed in the Senate. Senator Sonny Angara said he would file the resolution following the gold medal wins of the two Filipino athletes in the 41st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, and in the 2019 Aiba Women’s World Boxing Championships last Saturday in Ulan-Ude, Russia. “Over the weekend, Carlos and Nesthy gave the entire nation two huge […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate is targeting to submit the national budget for 2020 to President Rodrigo Duterte before the end of the year. This is according to Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate finance panel, who announced the receipt of the P4.1-trillion General Appropriations Bill from the House of Representatives. According to Angara, so far, the Senate finance subcommittees are completing the hearings on the proposed budgets of the last few agencies. “During the break, […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara has proposed a revival of the Pasig River ferry service to ease the “terrible congestion” on Metro Manila roads, saying he was “open” to increasing the subsidy of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority for this. In a statement, Angara noted that next year’s proposed P74 million national government subsidy to the MMDA for running a ferry along parts of the river’s original 15-kilometer service route “is clearly not enough.” “Yang 74 […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday, Sept. 18, urged the government to tap into the Department of Agriculture’s P1 billion in Quick Response Funds to stop the spread of the African Swine Fever. Angara, chair of the Senate finance panel, said the QRF were under the P20 billion National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund, more commonly known as the Calamity Fund, in the General Appropriations Act for 2020. “This ASF is by all accounts […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday, Jan. 17, called for the passage of a law that would grant tax exemptions to small-scale miners who would sell their gold to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. In a statement, Angara said if passed, the Gold Bill, as it is called in the Senate, will “ensure the strength of the country’s (gross international reserves)” promote the Philippines’ “greater monetary and external sector stability,” and “help support the […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara urged the country’s economic managers to ensure inflation will go down and that Filipinos will be able to get their support from the government before deciding to push through with the second round of excise tax hike on petroleum products. “We recognize that international prices of petroleum have been going down and will continue to decline in 2019. This led to seven consecutive weeks of price rollbacks, with pump prices of […]
