“Yesterday’s hearing should be a wake-up call for the inter-agency committee and its whole-of-government approach. The health secretary was clearly in the dark as to his department’s efforts to trace the passengers of the two flights which flew in the two nCoV patients. This most basic intervention was at 17-percent

Lack of leadership is the main problem in alleviating the actual spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019 nCoV) and the fear of infection among Filipinos, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Tuesday. Pangilinan took Health Secretary Francisco Duque to task for seeming unprepared for the worst, and not knowing basic

MANILA – Evacuate our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from China following certain protocols and safety precautions, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Friday, January 31, as he reiterated his call for a travel ban for all of novel coronavirus-affected China.“The US, Japan, South Korea, Britain, Spain, France, and Australia are all

The confirmed case of the deadly novel coronavirus 2019 (2019- nCoV) should prompt the government to suspend all visa issuances to visitors from Wuhan and other areas in China where the disease has spread, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Thursday. “Unahin ang kapakanan at kaligtasan ng mamamayang Pilipino. Magsagawa na

As the deadly novel coronavirus 2019 (2019- nCoV) spreads rapidly and claims more lives in its wake, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Wednesday reiterated his call for the government to suspend all visa issuances to visitors from Wuhan and other areas in China where the disease has spread.

The progressive spread of the coronavirus and the increasing number of deaths due to it should prompt Philippine health and immigration authorities to preemptively ban visitors from Wuhan, if not from the most affected provinces of China. While the Philippine health authorities have not confirmed a case of the rapidly-mutating

MANILA – Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday expressed his support for the establishment of a Taal Commission — a body that would solely focus on aiding, rehabilitating, and rebuilding communities affected by the ongoing eruption of Taal Volcano.“We should immediately shift our focus to providing the needs of those

As Taal Volcano remains restive, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday urged the Secretary Carlos Dominguez and the Department of Finance to formulate a comprehensive inter-agency fund assistance program for affected residents around the volcano.

ALFONSO, Cavite — Government must issue more regular Taal Volcano updates over the twice-a-day situationer that the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) releases, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Saturday. “Considering that Phivolcs raised alert level 2 to 4 in just two hours last Sunday, we issue an urgent