House panels eye emergency powers for Duterte to 'fix' PhilHealth

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House panel eyes ‘emergency powers’ for Duterte to reform PhilHealth

Lawmakers in the Lower House intend to file a bill granting emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to hasten reforms in the corruption-ridden PhilHealth.

House OKs bill declaring Marcos holiday in Ilocos Norte

The House of Representatives approves a bill declaring September 11 a non-working holiday in Ilocos Norte to honor the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos who was born on that day.

Chinese bus offers new evidence of airborne coronavirus spread – study

A research published Tuesday, September 1, reveals a person on a poorly ventilated Chinese bus infected nearly two dozen other passengers with coronavirus, even though many weren’t sitting close by.

As Filipino convicts wait for freedom via GCTA, US soldier Pemberton to walk free

An Olongapo court gives US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton full credits of Good Conduct Time Allowance or GCTA and approves his early release.

FALSE: Tanzania kicks out World Health Organization

An old claim resurfaces online saying Tanzania kicked out the World Health Organization or WHO after goat and papaya samples sent to the agency tested positive for COVID-19. This is FALSE. – Rappler.com