Tag: Zubiri

Zubiri elected Senate President, Rep. Romualdez voted as new House Speaker

  (Eagle News) — Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri was elected as Senate President, while Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez, was elected as House Speaker on Monday, July 25. The election of the leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives was done as Congress opened its session for the State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Zubiri was elected by 20 senators, and was nominated by Senator Joel Villanueva. Senators Alan […]

Senator Zubiri negative for COVID-19 in confirmatory test

(Eagle News) — Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday, July 28, said his COVID-19 confirmatory test yielded negative results. Zubiri made the announcement a day after he said he tested positive for COVID-19 in a recent Department of Health swab test. Prior to that, he said he tested negative in three rapid tests. “I AM NEGATIVE…My confirmatory test with the Philippine Red Cross has come out and shows that I no longer have live RNA […]

Senator Zubiri tests positive for COVID-19 anew

(Eagle News) — Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, July 27, said he tested positive for COVID-19 anew. Zubiri said the results were based on a swab test he took ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address. The Palace had said all attendees at the Batasang Pambansa will have to undergo COVID-19 tests and test negative for them. Zubiri was supposed to be among the attendees at the Batasang Pambansa but […]

DOH reports 2 additional COVID-19 patients, including Sen. Zubiri, bringing total to 142

  (Eagle News) – Only two confirmed coronavirus cases—one of them a Philippine senator- were added on Monday, March 16, the first working day of a supposed community quarantine in Metro Manila that was later updated to a stricter enhanced community quarantine for the whole of Luzon. The Department of Health said that the two new confirmed cases included Philippine senator Juan Miguel Zubiri who also went public on television Monday night to say that […]