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GIVE FILIPINOS PRIORITY IN JOB MARKET – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the government to protect and promote the interest of unemployed Filipino workers by providing them with new stable jobs before opening the job market to foreigners. Before giving any preferential treatment to foreign workers in the government’s flagship projects, Gatchalian called on the government to carefully consider hiring unemployed Filipinos, […]

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GATCHALIAN: GO DIGITAL, PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM BILL SHOCK

Senator Win Gatchalian is urging distribution utilities to fast-track their digital transformation to deliver enhanced customer experience, particularly in payment systems. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy, made the statement as he highlighted during the Energy and Sustainable Development Webinar, organized by the Ateneo School of Government, the importance of digitalization in relation […]

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CONDUCT COVID-19 TESTS IN ECOZONES – GORDON

For the economy to recover from the battering it sustained due to the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Senator Dick Gordon proposed that rampant testing should be conducted in the country’s economic zones so they could resume operations. Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), stressed that testing is key to getting […]

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VILLAFUERTE: HOUSE READY TO CONVENE SPECIAL SESSION TO PASS BAYANIHAN 2

Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has assured the Palace and the public that the House leadership under Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano will fully support the convening of a special session by Congress to pass the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, in order to continue the giving of special powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to deal […]

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PH NEEDS CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION – PANGILINAN

Senator Kiko Pangilinan urged the government to exercise extreme caution following reports that a new swine flu with a pandemic potential has been discovered in China. As such, Pangilinan calls for the establishment of a Philippine version of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States. “Kagaya ng marami ay nababahala […]

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SOLON LAUDS EFFORTS TO PREVENT DATA BREACHES IN COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES

Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles lauded the National Privacy Commission’s efforts to work with various universities and colleges to draw up a data privacy code of conduct in line with the implementation of distance learning. “With the migration of various operations online due to the pandemic, the importance of data privacy cannot be emphasized […]

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RED CROSS LABS CAN TEST FOR OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES – GORDON

With the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) opening more molecular laboratories across the country, PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Dick Gordon said these laboratories can also test for other infectious diseases, aside from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “All the Red Cross molecular laboratories that are now up and running, and those that are […]

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GATCHALIAN: MORE LABOR MARKET STIMULUS TO SAVE JOBS AMID PANDEMIC

Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the country’s economic managers to pump more stimulus to the labor market to ensure the preservation of jobs of many Filipinos in the light of the record-breaking unemployment rate in the country amid the strict quarantine measures enforced to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Gatchalian made the appeal as […]

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PH RED CROSS OPENS BIGGEST VIRUS TESTING LAB IN COUNTRY – GORDON

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) inaugurated the biggest molecular laboratory in the country as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing center at the PRC’s former headquarters in Port Area, Manila. PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Dick Gordon said the opening of the molecular laboratory in Manila will be a great help in containing […]

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CASTELO TO IATF: REPATRIATE 16,000 OFWS WITH TICKETS, EXIT VISAS ASAP

Quezon City Rep. Precious Castelo today urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) against COVID-19 to arrange for the immediate repatriation of up to 16,000 stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are ready to go home. Based on testimonies given to the House committee on public accounts on Friday, Castelo said these OFWs “have plane tickets, […]