{"id":278846,"date":"2020-12-17T01:53:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T06:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=278846"},"modified":"2020-12-17T01:53:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T06:53:40","slug":"vaccines-social-amelioration-program-prioritized-in-2021-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/17\/vaccines-social-amelioration-program-prioritized-in-2021-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccines, social amelioration program prioritized in 2021 budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_216371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216371\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/52373506_952210778307764_3564252999419166720_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216371\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/52373506_952210778307764_3564252999419166720_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/52373506_952210778307764_3564252999419166720_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/52373506_952210778307764_3564252999419166720_n-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/52373506_952210778307764_3564252999419166720_n-768x558.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romualdez also promised that the chamber under the leadership of Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has been working hard to pass vital legislations to help the country recover from the blows of the Covid-19. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iamMartinRomualdez\/photos\/a.952210454974463\/952210771641098\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iamMartinRomualdez\/\"> Martin Romualdez\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The leadership of the House of Representatives on Wednesday assured that necessary adjustments and sacrifices were made in the proposed 2021 national budget to ensure sufficient funding for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccination and social amelioration programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have made all the requisite adjustments, congressmen have made all the sacrifices to prioritize the vital needs of the nation, in terms of medical concerns like vaccines and social amelioration program. We are one with the President (Rodrigo Duterte) and one with you and the nation to defeat this Covid pandemic and help us recover economically,\u201d Majority Leader Martin Romualdez told reporters in a news forum.<\/p>\n<p>Romualdez also promised that the chamber under the leadership of Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has been working hard to pass vital legislations to help the country recover from the blows of the Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Speaker is very focused on this and he is providing the efficiencies and better performance of this Congress,\u201d Romualdez said. \u201cWe are very confident that with the able and steady hands of the Speaker and the unified leadership, we shall achieve these goals and reach our destination to full recovery and back to prosperity in 2021.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the House approved on third and final reading a measure extending the availability of funds under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 until June 30, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Velasco said the House will set aside PHP50 million of its internal funds for the Covid-19 vaccination of its employees and members of the House media, including up to five immediate family members.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The leadership of the House of Representatives on Wednesday assured that necessary adjustments and sacrifices were made in the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":216371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-filane-mikee-cervantes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278854,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278846\/revisions\/278854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}