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Citing the need for a 24-hour emergency hotline for Filipinos, Senator Bong Go filed Senate Bill 394 or the “Emergency Medical Services System (EMSS) Act of 2019” to institutionalize an emergency medical services system in the country to respond to emergency needs of Filipinos nationwide. “Dapat maging mabilis, maayos at maaasahan ang serbisyo ng gobyerno […]
The Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Biofuels will dig deeper into the feedstock and pricing problems that continue to plague the biofuels industry in the country when the 18th Congress opens, Senator Win Gatchalian said. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy, made the statement after hearing the complaints of ethanol producers who said […]
Amid the rainy Monday morning, Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino, led the flag raising ceremony, wherein hundreds of senate employees attended; this happened a week before the 18th Congress, formally opens. In his speech, Tolentino stressed that the employees are the backbone of the Senate. “The Senate of the Philippines is composed not only of 24 […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has vowed to prioritize the passage of a bill in the 18th Congress that will spur microgrid development in unserved and underserved areas nationwide to help government achieve its goal of 100% household electrification by 2022. Senate No. 175, or the Microgrid Systems Act, was one of the 10 priority bills that […]
Senator Dick Gordon has made clear that his statement about the term-sharing for the Speakership at the House of Representatives as a “classic compromise” was not intended to criticize members of the House but was a call to protect the Constitution. During the Kapihan sa Manila Bay at Café Adriatico recently, Gordon said congressmen should […]
Government should be more aggressive in coming up with ways to keep its citizens in the country if it wants to compete with the rest of the world. “Keeping homegrown Filipino talents at home is the key.” Senator Sonny Angara says keeping homegrown Filipino talents at home is the key to improving competitiveness and in […]
Senator Bong Go aims to consolidate and improve all government efforts to handle disasters and filed a bill that seeks to create a Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR). With one of his first bills that seeks to create the Department of Disaster Resilience, Go is eyeing to have an empowered, highly specialized department with clear […]
As one of his priority legislations for the 18th Congress, Senator Win Gatchalian filed a bill seeking to increase the salaries of public school teachers in elementary and secondary schools with the rank of Teacher I, Teacher II, and Teacher III. Gatchalian’s Senate Bill No. 178 increases the salary grade of public school teachers currently […]
Senator Sonny Angara has filed a bill that seeks to increase the salaries of public school teachers – a move that dovetails with the promise of President Rodrigo Duterte – to the country’s 800,000 public school mentors that it will be their turn to get salary increases following the ones given to soldiers and police […]
Philippine micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) need to constantly innovate their products and services if they want to survive the global disruptions caused by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Senator Win Gatchalian has warned. Speaking at the recent 27th Metro Manila Business Conference, Gatchalian urged MSMEs to foster a culture of innovation in order to […]