Mom sues docs, funeral execs over removal of son?s eyes sans her nod

Named as respondents were Eye Bank?s president and chairperson Ma. Dominga Padilla, vice president Dr. Jacinto U. Dy-Liaco, secretary Dr. Leo D.P. Cubillan, treasurer Dr. Bernita C. Navarro, and board members Dr. Victor Jose L. Caparas, Dr. Ruben Lim Bon Siong, Dr. Prospero C. Tuano, Dr. Victor B. Lopez, Dr. Carlos G. Naval, Dr. Reynaldo E. Santos, Dr. Noel Rene Nieva, manager Ellen Lagan and Yves Pabillano, the ophthalmic technician who removed Infante?s eyes. Eye Bank Foundation chairperson Padilla earlier apologized to the Infantes and assured them that an internal investigation would be conducted on the matter.

October

2012

Hindi s'ya naging matagumpay. Alam naman nating padami pa rin nang padami ang drugs. Patayan nang patayan. Kailangan ng rehabilitation, 'di yung pinapatay 'yung mga adik. 'Yung drug lords ang dapat hulihin. Pero lagay natin sila sa isla na puno ng mga pating sa mga paligid.

November

2021

The drug addicts need a lifetime of healing. You cannot just say "okay tapos ka na sa rehab mo". The best support comes from the community. It has to be community-based response. We must go after the big fish. we must go after the pushers. We must go after the drug lords but please do not go after the users or the small time. We must heal them. These addicts can have a better life, with the right guidance. So we had a nice system in there, a lot of church groups in the community. Let's consider that as a lifelong disease.

October

2021

We are AGAINST the reimposition of the Death Penalty. Let's fix the justice system first, before even touching that issue. Because in reality, only the poor and the poorest of the poor get jailed, more so, get the death penalty.

November

2021

"I don't believe in death penalty."

November

2021

"Total lockdown last March, and opening on June was necessary. Kasi first lockdown, okay lang the draconian lockdown. Nagbigay ng ayuda, may pera pa. Dapat mabilis 'yong ayuda. Problema was afterwards. They used that lockdown to test, test, test. Hindi ginawa. Kasi if you tested more, you would have been open and do granular lockdowns earlier. If you had locked, dapat lahat nagtest. They should've tested more, and traced more. Aminado naman ang gobyero na nagkaproblema sila sa testing, at sa contact tracing. First of all, wala tayong testing In the future, our laboratories should be ready. Hindi 'yong ang daming laboratories, hindi pa gumagana. Namatay na, nadischarge na, 'di pa lumalabas 'yong test. Pati mga doktor walang results. "

November

2021

"Ang atin ay atin. Atin 'yan. 'Di dapat natin ibigay. In fact, ang daming beses na maraming nasisirang coral reefs, clams natin, lamang dagat ay natatanggal. Pati ang pagkain natin, naapektuhan. So dapat matatag tayo and maging firm ang stand na ang atin ay atin. Now what we can do? May mga membership ang mga bansa, magkapit-bisig tayo to help each other. Hindi naman isang bansa lang ang China. Hindi naman makikipagyera sa'tin kasi marami tayo. There's strength in numbers. All of us have to get together, come together to make the proper claims. This is international waters, hindi natin pwedeng ipagkait ito sa mundo sa mga tao, mga dagat na hindi naman dapat sa kanila. Ours is ours. International is international. "

November

2021

"I think 'yong kay Lao, medyo klaro na e. Malinaw na 'yong ginawa n'yang masama. I think so [dapat may makulang sa Pharmally pati sa PSTBM] because he was [Usec. Lao] the one who gave it to the Pharmally. Nagdecision s'ya. Hindi naman kikilos si Christopher Lao nang mag isa. He's only a Usec. Bakit s'ya masyadong bold. Ang tapang n'ya magbigay sa isang unqualified bidder nang perang ganong kalaki. I hope the senate would find out."

November

2021

"I think 'yong senate, kailangan nilang gawin 'yong kailangan nilang gawin. 'Yong duty. It's in aid of legislation. Sana magkaroon ng proposed legislation. 'Di 'yong bitin. Dapat magkaroon ng conclusion. "yong Pharmally investigation, mukhang nagkakaroon ng liwanag. Kasi nagsasalita na sila sina Senator Gordon, Senator Lacson, . Nagsasalita na sila sa conclusion nila."

November

2021

Actually mali kasi binabastos na tayo. Alam n'yo when you make a strong stance. Hindi naman ibig sabihin ay giyera na, ibig sabihin magkakaroon sila ng respeto sa atin kaysa ngayon. I think the reason why there was not much respect is para tayong pushover. We should assert our rights. Hindi dapat tayo matakot.

November

2021

The call for me to run for the senate was getting stronger and stronger. The last straw was COVID pandemic, and when I saw, I saw first hand e. 'Yung mga lack of transparency, lack of urgency. We could've done things better but we did not. But then, the senate hearings, the doctors especially, we were so angry. Nasaktan kami masyado. Kami 'yon eh. We've lost colleagues. It seems like people are making so much money, while people are suffering. All of these together plus my colleagues na called me up tumakbo naman. We need a doctor in the senate.

November

2021

Ngayong pandemya, marami tayong nakita garapalang pagpapayaman ng iilan habang tayo, karamihan ay nagdurusa. Parang it's too much. Apparently the corruption was too much. Mismanaged ang ating pondo. There was no sense of urgency. 'Yong pagbilis ng reaksyon, ng pagtugon. Kulang sa bilis. So ang daming nangyayari. Marami sa gobyerno ang tapat, pero marami din, ang iniisip ay profit. Paggawa ng pera. So may tug-of-war. Naiipit tayo, at nagkaka-delay. So my point is that there is no dynamics. So may policies na, as we see, na napapanahon na dapat may doktor na sa senado. [on travel ban/restrictions] Mabagal ang desisyon. Ang sabi pa ng Secretary of Health baka masaktan ba ang China. Bakit ang iniisip n'yo feelings ng isang bansa kaysa sa kapakanan ng inyong taong bayan. Dapat alam na natin, close down [borders]. The secretaries are the only alter egos of the president. I doubt na sasabihin ni Secretary Duque 'yon nang hindi utos ng presidente. [on travel ban/restrictions] At that time, it was alrady in Wuhan na dumadami na, I think at that they they should've already declared the travel ban. They were to laxed, parang in denial siguro sila. [on considering the economic impact on lockdowns] Total lockdown last March, and opening on June was necessary. Kasi first lockdown, okay lang the draconian lockdown. Nagbigay ng ayuda, may pera pa. Dapat mabilis 'yong ayuda. Problema was afterwards. They used that lockdown to test, test, test. Hindi ginawa. Kasi if you tested more, you would have been open and do granular lockdowns earlier. If you had locked, dapat lahat nagtest. They should've tested more, and traced more. Aminado naman ang gobyero na nagkaproblema sila sa testing, at sa contact tracing. First of all, wala tayong testing In the future, our laboratories should be ready. Hindi 'yong ang daming laboratories, hindi pa gumagana. Namatay na, nadischarge na, 'di pa lumalabas 'yong test. Pati mga doktor walang results.

November

2021

Final straw was the corruption that we saw, Pharmally, PSTBM, 42 billion transfer to the DOH were so many colleagues were crying in PPE's using garbage bags for PPEs. So many were dying. There were unadulterated, obscene profiteering amidst all the suffering. There was a lack of sense of urgency, locking down right away, closing borders right away. Vaccines could've been made earlier because we heard complaints from some diplomats that the Philippines seems not serious, so many innuendos, but no serious deals.

November

2021

May cold-chain facilities sa pagtransport ng mga bakuna. First of all, sa Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, wala. Pero bakit ang baba ng bakuna? Hindi naman masasabing ayaw nila, kasi nagagalit na nga ang governors bakit ang bagal bagal. So what's keeping it? Definitely not transport. MIMAROPA, may mga bapor naman ready for the temperature control, they're in place. Pinakamahirap lang ay sa mga liblib na lugar, mga geographically isolated area, 'yon talaga kailangan makaabot ang bakuna. Nakabangka, pero pagdating d'on walang kuryente, walang ref.

October

2021

Agree for Climate Justice. Ang face shields ay plastic. Anong gagawin natin sa face shield? Itatapon? Pa'no yan ididisintegrate. Nabubulok ba sya? Hindi. So p'wede pa s'ya mag add sa problema natin sa kalikasan.

November

2021

I am an advocate of vaccine, and sana naman lahat magpabakuna. Hindi na sila matakot. Let's try using incentives. Education and incentives. Pabor ako na "okay ayaw mo magpabakuna. Sige, wala kang medical reason. Puwes, kunin mo ang consequences ng iyong decision. One, di ka pwede bigyan ng bonuses. Bonuses are not part of the law. You give more incentives to those vaccinated.

November

2021

For sure ang daming contractual na skilled workers, contractual sa gobyerno. Kailangang matapos na talaga. Yung unskilled workers sa private companies, kawawa talaga, sa'n sila dadamputin after 5 months. I think kailangan after 6 months, sasabihin sayo probational ka, if you do well, i-reregularize ka, kung 'di, alam mong probational ka.

November

2021

Hindi naman pwedeng lahat sasalihan mo, I don?t believe that, you can be a guest candidate maybe because the presidential candidate believes na ikaw magaling kang senador kahit sino man ang maging presidente. Okay 'yun. Pero kung sasabihin sa'yo, mag guest candidate ka pero dapat sa akin ka loyal hindi sa partido mo. Hindi naman pwede 'yon.

November

2021

I am against it. Pag may buhay na, it's like murder.

November

2021

Sari-sari stores should not be prevented from selling OTC medicines... This is too much for the ordinary folk in the barrios. Perhaps if barangay health centers always have supply of these (OTC) medicines, then OK. But there isn’t. Pity the barrio folk or those who live far from the nearest pharmacy,

March

2022

“sari-sari” stores to be allowed to seel over-the-counter (OTC) drugs

Voted "No" - CNN Senatorial Forum

February

2022

Do you support the vape bill?

Voted "Yes" - CNN Senatorial Forum

February

2022

Are you in favor of legalizing marijuana for medical and scientific purposes?

Voted "No" - CNN Senatorial Forum

February

2022

Should religious leaders endorse candidates?

Voted "No" - CNN Senatorial Forum

February

2022

Do you favor te sale of 90% of the Malampaya natural gas field to business man Dennis Uy?

Kakaiba talaga ang pangangailangan ng mga OFW. Di sila basta basta Department of Labor, Department of Foreign Affairs, ang nangyayari madalas, DFA ang nangangalaga sa kanila. But they cannot take care of all of their needs. Kung may budget, if yes, magandang magkaroon ng Department of Budget.

November

2021

On establishing new department for OFW's

It has been scripted all along na nakakainis nang kaunti, 'di ba? Parang it's making fun of the election process. Ako I would like to think that she didn't want to run in the beginning. Ako, sa tingin ko, ha. Kasi maybe she doesn't want to let go of Davao.Alam kung ako si Sara, 'di ako tatakbo, eh. P'wede mawala, eh. P'wede mawala ang Davao. I don't think her brother is not as popular as her. 'Yung Pilipinas naman, 'di naman s'ya sigurado as Davao. So mas malaki ang risk n'ya to run for national office than to run for Davao. Pero I think may nangyari na tumulak sa kanya na tumakbo for a national office. I think she will run for a national office. I think she will run for a president.

November

2021

Opinion on Sara Duterte's substitution on a national position (November, 2021)

He should not be retained as early as last year when the first call for the senators to change him. Again, there was a lack of sense of urgency, they were considering they were hurting the feelings of China instead of closing borders early on. The doctors, we didn't even know there was a community transmission that was going on. So much was hidden from us. Lack of transparency.

November

2021

On Should Sec. Duque be retained as a Health Secretary

He is not according to the law. But the President has his own reasons. He is not equipped with public health knowledge for Philhealth.

November

2021

on Dante Gierran's qualification as a Philhealth President.

Kailangan lahat ng imbestigasyon sa senado, may kaso, kung may ebidensya, dapat kasuhan, dapat managot. They're responsible para may paglilitis, para malaman nila ang totoo. There should be a case filed.

November

2021

on president Duterte and Sec. Duque should be held liable on COVID-19 anomalies

Dapat itaas ang antas ng kaalaman at benepisyo ng mga Barangay Health Workers. Sila ang pangunahing frontliners sa mga barangay. Dapat itaas ang sweldo nila. Ibigay ang benepisyo nila na hindi na sila parang pulubing gan'on parang nanlilimos ng benepisyo. Grabe naman. Naghihirap na nga, na-eendanger, ano pa ang trato natin sa kanila. We should give them a decent dignified salary na mabubuhay sila dito sa ating bayan. Alagaan natin ang mga taong nag aalaga sa atin. Kasi kung mawala sila, anong gagawin natin? Mula barangay health worker, pataas 'yan.

November

2021

on increasing wage payment for BHW and health workers in general

Marami akong nasilip n'ong and'on ako. Short time pero I was able to see a lot of things pero marami na rin kaming repormang nagawa. But unfortunately, when we left, parang walang, bumalik na naman. Isa, 'yung IT, 'yung Information Technology System kailangang ma-audit 'yan regularly at kailangang surprised audit. Kasi 'yung IT system, alam naman natin garbage in, garbage out. You can manipulate the IT. In such a way na pinapalabas mo na 'yung ospital di pa pala nabayaran, or di pala gan'to. Even 'yung papasok na pera, akala mo every month kinakaltasan ka ng sweldo for Philhealth. Tapos pag na-ospital ka, sasabihin sa'yo ay wala kayong mga premium payments. Pa'no 'yan? It's happening. Something happening inside. We saw that.

November

2021

Anomalies in Philhealth

The communist insurgencies, alam mo sa Tagum, Davao. There was a big communist problem. Alam mo ang ginawa nila? They made sure na libre ang serbisyong pangkalusugan. Free healthcare. They made universal healthcare happen. Halos nawala ang communist movement. I am against the hard lined NPA. I am against that. I believe murderers murder. They do it for ideology. Masama 'yon. I am not for violence. I condone terrorism. But I also believe in one way of addressing the problem is to address poverty, to address healthcare. You give them jobs, you give them healthcare, and we can talk to them after that.

November

2021

Insurgencies in the Philippines

Yung prevention ng pregnancy ay 'di naman for me a sin.

November

2021

use of contraception

The corruption that we have been allowed to see of late is of the worst kind. It is heinous. It is the kind that flourished and took advantage of the suffering of millions in order to make quick money, even if it meant depriving our country of the best and most timely response, supplies, and infrastructure that could have given us a better chance of emerging from his pandemic faster. We want accountability. We want the senate to come up with the correct report. we want people to be charged. We want people to come into conclusion. we will not allow cover ups. We will call attention if we feel our intelligence is being insulted by the cover ups because sometimes it's so blatant.

October

2021

corruption in the Philippines

Answered "No" on CNN Philippines' The Final Word

October

2021

on should the sitting president be allowed to run on the next vice presidential election

Our country is in danger of losing our farmers if we do not pay attention to them. I have been holding dialogues with them and although there were laws to empower them and to make their situation better, they have not been implemented so I will look into the benefits of fisherfolk and farmers. We are agricultural country. We cannot depend on imports because one day, our weapons of war would be food and if we do not have food production you'll be very vulnerable to other countries. We never took time to develop our agriculture and neglected our farmers. We have to continue what we are doing now, which is opening up economy slowly.

October

2021

on poverty alleviation, job security

Answered "Agree" on CNN Philippines' The Final Word

October

2021

on easier access on SALN of President, Vice President, and Members of Congress

Some of it, yes.

October

2021

On lifting foreign ownership limits in the constitution

It prevents people from getting vaccinated, which unequivocally saves lives. Imagine if it's stopping because of medical misinformation. We must ought to have a law to educate our students.

October

2021

combatting medical misinformation

This is one statement from PRRD that I agree with... "Sabihin ko sa iyo mamili kayo ng bagong mga opisyal, senador, basta 'yung bago. Hindi naman kailangan wala talaga hindi sa gobyerno. They might be government officials, past or present, but try to scout new faces. Huwag 'yang pabalik-balik (Choose new officials, senators. They might be government officials, past or present, but try to scout new faces. Not those who keep coming back),' Duterte said.

October

2021

on Duterte's statement on choosing new officials

"We mourn the death of all those who perished in the C-130 crash in Mindanao. May the Lord receive their souls in heaven and comfort their loved ones."

July

2021

2021 Philippine Air Force C-130 crash

I am so proud of, and grateful for, our valiant men and women of the armed forces of the Philippines. They are heroes worthy of our full support and greatest appreciation. No "ifs" or "buts" about it.

October

2017

2017 Marawi battle