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Senate Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation Committee Chairperson Koko Pimentel III urged the newly-elected officials of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) to lead local campaigns to encourage unregistered youth who are eligible to vote to register for the May 13, 2019 national and local elections, stressing that SK officials are in a position to encourage their […]
Senator Dick Gordon has assured that recommendations from the Senate’s investigations on various issues were based on pieces of evidence that the committees have painstakingly gathered during their probes. “Charges have been filed against various officials found, during the said investigations, to have committed offenses.” Gordon, who chairs the Senate’s Blue Ribbon Committee, said that […]
Following the death of an arrested “tambay” inside a jail facility in Quezon City, Senator Dick Gordon called on local government units (LGUs) to devote resources for ensuring the humane treatment of prisoners. Gordon, chairman of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, pointed out that resources should be allocated for the improvement of the […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) to change its ‘anti-tambay’ operation into an ‘anti-pasaway’ campaign to address concerns that it would target innocent bystanders on the streets who were not violating the law. “Dapat nga lang malinaw natin kung ano ang intention ng mga pulis sa operasyon na ito. Kaya nga ho […]
Senate Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship Committee Chairperson Koko Pimentel III on Thursday urged members of the Oversight Committee for the Entry of a New Major Player in the Public Telecommunications Market to “hammer out their differences” and finalize the terms of reference (TOR) for the entry of a third telco provider before the President’s State […]
With the Duterte administration launching a campaign against street idlers or tambays as a crime prevention measure, Senator Dick Gordon has called for the creation of more jobs, so that idle citizens would have less time to spend loitering on the streets, especially at night. “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop. Kung walang ginagawa at […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is looking to craft comprehensive legislation to develop the local natural gas industry as the country braces for the impending end of the Malampaya Gas-to-Power Project. The Malampaya project supplies fuel to five natural gas plants with a total installed capacity of 3,211 MW. This amounts to 21.33% of the installed capacity […]
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon urged the creation of a single body that will take over the development and management of Boracay Island similar to the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). Drilon said this as he also pressed for the continuation of the demolition of what he called the “mother of all the violators in […]
Senator Joel Villanueva, chairperson of the Senate committee on labor, employment, and human resources development, called on the government to address the job-skills mismatch in the country given the thousands of jobs to be generated this year under the Build, Build, Build program. “It has been our consistent call on the concerned government agencies – […]
Senate Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship Chairperson Koko Pimentel III scored the delays in government efforts to bring in a third telecommunications player in the country and urged the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the member-agencies of the Oversight Committee for the Entry of a New Major Player in the Public Telecommunications Market […]