Senator Sherwin Gatchalian suggested closing some shopping malls and other establishments that consume a sizeable amount of electricity to ensure enough power during the May 9 elections.
Senatorial candidate Guillermo Eleazar called for the immediate approval of the Department of Labor and Employment proposal to provide a PHP5,000 wage subsidy to around 1 million minimum wage earners to help them cope with rising consumer prices.
The Duterte administration has laid out “concrete” measures to ensure the recovery of the Philippine economy amid the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, Malacañang said.
Comelec was praised for its efforts to make fuel subsidies available to public utility vehicle drivers and operators, who are trying to keep up with the country's rising oil prices.
Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Francisco ‘Isko Moreno’ Domagoso vowed to strengthen the country’s agriculture sector by including it in the current Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics courses to ensure food security.
The Philippine Genome Center has the capability to detect recombinant variant Omicron XE in case it enters the country, an infectious disease expert said.