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Senator Loren Legarda lauded the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for the peaceful, orderly, and efficient conduct of the 2025 national and local elections, highlighting the speed of result transmission and the overall transparency that characterized this year’s polls. “We must commend the COMELEC for the professionalism and efficiency it demonstrated during the 2025 elections. The […]
Senator Win Gatchalian hailed the signing of the Early Childhood Care and Development System Act (Republic Act No. 12199), a landmark law that seeks to promote the optimum growth and development of children younger than five years old. The new law applies the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) System to all provinces, cities, municipalities, […]
Senator Loren Legarda thanked the voters of Batangas’ first district, who elected her son Leandro Legarda Leviste, as the congressman-elect of the first district of Batangas. Legarda Leviste achieved the highest margin of victory against an incumbent congressman in the country and recorded the highest number of votes received by a candidate for the House […]
Senator Loren Legarda lauded the signing into law of Republic Act No. 12181, or the Adjusted DFA Retirement Benefits Act, a measure she principally authored and co-sponsored, which honors the service of officers and employees of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and strengthens the foundations of Philippine diplomacy. “Our foreign service officers operate in […]
With sufficient budgetary support for the agriculture sector, former Senator and senatorial aspirant Kiko Pangilinan said Mindanao can fulfill its potential as the country’s food basket. “Sabi nila, Mindanao is the land of promise. But for so long the promise continues to be broken. Hindi nabibigyan ng sapat na suporta, lalo na dapat sana food […]
The government’s crackdown on illicit trade is intensifying, with tax authorities vowing to press forward with criminal charges against unregistered and non-compliant players in the growing vape market, following the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) filing of an ₱8.7 billion tax evasion case before the Department of Justice (DOJ). In a television interview on Thursday, […]
Republic Act No. 12179, also known as an Act Amending Section 50 of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA), sponsored by Senator Mark Villar promises to extend the corporate term of the Power Sector Asset Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corporation to efficiently liquidate the National Power Corporation’s (NPC) financial obligations and stranded contract […]
Senator Win Gatchalian cautioned against potential electricity overload in high-density areas to prevent fire incidents amid high demand for energy on scorching temperatures. Gatchalian pointed to the recent fires in Port Area and Tondo in Manila recently as a case in point. “Iwasan natin ang paggamit ng jumper dahil kadalasan ito ang nagiging sanhi ng […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the Department of Energy and the Energy Regulatory Commission to guarantee uninterrupted power nationwide on May 12, warning that any outage could compromise the integrity of the elections. “Aside from causing inconvenience to our voters, any power interruption could potentially compromise the credibility of our elections. This is why the DOE […]
Senator Grace Poe showed appreciation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for choosing the film collection of her father, the late National Artist Fernando Poe Jr., as part of the Memory of the World (MoW) Programme. Poe said a total of 168 movies of her father are in the FPJ Film […]