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Senator Dick Gordon reiterated the urgent need to implement Republic Act No. 11235 or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Law following the assassination of 48-year-old radio reporter Rex Cornelio Pepino, who was shot dead recently in Barangay Daro, Dumaguete City by unidentified motorcycle riding-in-tandem gunmen. Gordon, the principal author of the law, once again called on […]
True to its mission of extending social advocacies, cultural development, and economic prosperity and abundance to member-consumer-owners or MCOs, the One EC Network Foundation, Inc. (OECNF) has pledged to donate a total of P12.1 million to all electric cooperatives (EC) or about P100,000 per EC. In its regular meeting held last April 22, 2020, […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the government and its project contractors to ensure the safety and well-being of construction workers as the government eyes to resume the construction of big-ticket projects under the ‘Build, Build, Build’ — the flagship program of the Duterte administration. Gatchalian made the call as the Department of Public Works and […]
Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri said the order of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to shut down media giant ABS-CBN amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis now being faced by the country is “irregular and improper.” “I’m really saddened by the move of NTC. We can cite many instances when the NTC granted provisional authority […]
Senator Sonny Angara is asking that senior citizens in areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) be granted some exceptions once the lockdown is lifted and a general community quarantine (GCQ) is enforced. The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has released the guidelines covering the GCQ, which includes allowing certain businesses to resume […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has approved the discontinuance of P295-million worth of rural electrification programs this year to augment the funding for the government’s response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said these were the P250-million appropriated for the implementation of the Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund (ECERF) Act […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to provide returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) with decent accommodations to ensure their health and safety as they undergo mandatory quarantine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. Gatchalian said a video of the deplorable conditions of repatriated migrant workers who share a […]
Some senators have expressed support for the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to extend the enforcement of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila and other high-risk areas in the country until May 15. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the ECQ extension in high-risk areas buys the government time to boost its testing capabilities to […]
More coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing machines, kits, and reagents were acquired by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). Senator Dick Gordon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the PRC said the the organization will be chartering a Philippine Airlines plane or a C-130 aircraft to bring the critical materials from Changsha City in China. “We […]
Following the appeal made by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for blood donations amid the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, Senator Dick Gordon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the PRC said the Department of National Defense (DND) has pledged to support the organization by conducting a mass blood donation of some 1,200 cadets […]