"My dear colleagues and friends, I would like to inform everyone that I tested positive for COVID-19 today," he said in a statement.
"My dear colleagues and friends, I would like to inform everyone that I tested positive for COVID-19 today," he said in a statement.
Pineda, chairperson of the House committee on labor and employment, urged those whom he had come in contact with to take necessary precautions. He is 1 of the 2 representatives of 1-Pacman party-list or One Patriotic Coalition of Marginalized Nationals, which advocates "for the marginalized and displaced sector in the country."
The lawmaker, who is among those who voted against granting ABS-CBN a new franchise in July, is the father of Kapamilya star Enzo Pineda. - With a report from Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
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