We need your help for the Cheaper Medicines online petition

In behalf of Carlo Ople (the author of the online petition for cheaper medicines) and to all of our fellow citizens who acted on our call to sign the online petition for cheaper medicines in the Philippines, we thank you for joining the call in urging the Congress to immediately pass the Quality Affordable Medicines […]

Solon warns public about alleged multi-million PR effort to discredit medicines law

Rep. Joseph Emilio Aguinaldo Abaya (1st District, Cavite) warned the public not to fall into the web of deceit and desperate hysterics being spun by doomsayers in Congress about the cheaper medicines bill. “I have received reports that there is a multi-million PR slush fund to discredit the bill and its key authors,” Abaya said, […]

Support the Cheaper Medicines Bill! Sign the Petition!

Show your support to Senator Mar Roxas‘ Quality Affordable Medicine Bill. We have been waiting for so long to have quality affordable medicine. The time is now! ORAS NA! ORAS NA! Sign the online petition now! The bill has long been delayed in the halls of Congress. Now, the time has come to make this […]

Roxas: Self-sufficiency key to solving rice crisis

Senator Mar Roxas, who arrived in Lucena, Quezon this morning, said rice self-sufficiency was the key in dealing with the rice crisis that has hit the country and has brought up prices by as much as P8 in the past two months. “Kung dito pa lang sa atin, self-sufficient tayo sa ating pangangailangan ng bigas, […]

Roxas: Now the real work begins

Given the assured passage of the Quality Affordable Medicines Act on or before Labor Day, Senator Mar Roxas, principal sponsor and author of the bill, challenged the executive branch to come up with a concrete action plan for its effective implementation. “I thank House Speaker Prospero Nograles and the House panel headed by Palawan Rep. […]

The trashVin takes a peek on the Mar Roxas 2010 Blog!

As I was surfing my Sitemeter Stats, I observed that this blog was linked to http://trashvin.blogspot.com by Marvin Trilles I visited the site and saw his blog post entitled “Presidential Campaign for 2010 Invades the Web” and read it. Here’s an excerpt of his blog post: Using the web as one of the primary channel […]

Roxas to hold dialogues on rice situation in Quezon

Senator Mar Roxas will be at Lucena, Quezon on Thursday, April 24, to get updates and to determine the “best practices” in handling the rice situation, in order to ensure the continued availability of rice at affordable levels both in the province and nationwide. “I want to discuss with local officials, including my fellow Liberal, […]

Roxas: Gov’t stonewall on oil VAT suspension "unjust, oppressive"

With crude oil prices continuing to break records, Senator Mar Roxas renewed his call for the suspension of the value-added tax (VAT) on oil and petroleum products to curb domestic price shocks that have begun to hurt consumers. “Oras na para i-suspinde ang VAT sa langis, para bigyan ng ginhawa ang mga mamimili sa panahong […]

Roxas: Gov’t stonewall on oil VAT suspension "unjust, oppressive"

With crude oil prices continuing to break records, Senator Mar Roxas renewed his call for the suspension of the value-added tax (VAT) on oil and petroleum products to curb domestic price shocks that have begun to hurt consumers. “Oras na para i-suspinde ang VAT sa langis, para bigyan ng ginhawa ang mga mamimili sa panahong […]

Roxas optimistic about medicines bicam meeting on Wednesday

Senator Mar Roxas foresees no major impediments to the approval of the affordable medicines law this week unless some congressmen maintain a hard-line stance for the inclusion of the generics-only provision. Roxas, principal author of the proposed Quality Affordable Medicines Act in the Senate and co-chair of the bicameral conference committee on the bill, said […]