Lacson: Arroyo allotted P95B in infra funds to her allies

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 23:24:09 +0000

Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo unlawfully funneled nearly P95 billion in infrastructure funds to the districts of her allies in the House after Congress had ratified the final version of the P3.8-trillion budget for 2019, Sen. Panfilo Lacson claimed on Sunday.

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Lacson: Arroyo realigns P25M budget to ‘favored’ solons

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 03:47:57 +0000

Lacson: Arroyo realigns P25M budget to ‘favored’ solons

Even after the ratification of the 2019 national budget, Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has allegedly directed the realignments of P25 million budget from the Department of Health (DOH) for her “favored” congressmen.

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DOJ: Indictment over Dengvaxia not meant to fuel fear vs vaccines

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 10:13:05 +0000

The decision to indict former and current officials of the Department of Health (DOH) in connection to the purchase of Dengvaxia vaccines must not be used to stoke fear against government’s vaccination program.

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Measles outbreak: 215 deaths, over 13K affected from Jan 1 to Feb 26 – DOH

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 09:08:33 +0000

In less than two months, 215 people have died due to measles as more than 13,000 have contracted the airborne disease, the DOH said Friday.

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Ex-DOH chief: Dengvaxia program only got ‘politicized’ in Philippines

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 08:44:04 +0000

Former Health Secretary Janette Garin on Friday said the Dengvaxia immunization program was only politicized in the Philippines.

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