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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 […]
Senator Sonny Angara has vowed to the continue the legacy of his late father, former Senator Edgardo Angara, by pushing for reforms – particularly in health and education – that will help uplift the lives of Filipinos. “My father is my idol. I want to accomplish what he has accomplished – to change and improve […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III welcomed the agreement between the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the National Transmission Corporation (TransCo), and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), which would enable the use of dark fiber in the transmission grid. Dark fiber refers to the unused portion of the fiber-optics in the transmission […]
Senator Joel Villanueva welcomed the results of the survey conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) which showed that the unemployment rate of the country has improved from 5.7% in April 2017 to 5.5% in April 2018. “We welcome the improved outlook for employment in the country with the decline of unemployment rate from 5.7% […]
Senator Cynthia Villar filed a resolution directing the Senate to conduct an inquiry into the waste water treatment and sewerage system in Metro Manila, which was identified as a main factor in the continued deterioration of the quality of water in Manila Bay. “We still have a long way to go in reviving Manila Bay […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III asked Filipinos to consider reducing their use of plastic as the world observes World Oceans Day on Friday, June 8. A 2015 Ocean Conservancy report said that more than half of the 8 million metric tons of plastic waste dumped into the oceans every year comes from countries: China, Indonesia, the […]