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Some senators are urging Vice President Leni Robredo to accept her appointment as co-chairperson of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD). Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Robredo should accept the new post given to her by President Rodrigo Duterte so that she would realize that the campaign against illegal drugs cannot be stopped. […]
Following the plea by the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom)for the declaration of a national emergency on teenage pregnancy, Senator Win Gatchalian seeks a Senate inquiry on how to strengthen the comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) approach and curb teenage pregnancies in the Philippines. Gatchalian laments the fact that despite the passage of the Reproductive […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to deploy more social welfare attachés to provide assistance to distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Angara said the DSWD should fill up the five vacant posts for social welfare attachés in Jordan, Lebanon, South Korea, Italy, and the United Arab Emirates, […]
“Leaping over 29 other countries from 124th to 95th in the World Bank (WB) ranking because of our Ease of Doing Business (EODB) law is truly noteworthy. Congress has hurdled major stumbling blocks and we are hoisting that as a challenge to the whole of government,” said Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri, the major author […]
A full disclosure of the terms and costs of the money transfer service being offered by remittance agents and companies to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is now being proposed by Senator Bong Revilla. “These OFWs dedicate all their labor and sacrifices for the betterment of their families. Their salaries, wages or earnings that they send […]
Senator Joel Villanueva is pushing for the creation of food banks and soup kitchens nationwide to combat hunger and malnutrition in the country. In filing Senate Bill No. 344 or “Pagkain Para sa Lahat Act,” Villanueva expressed hope that surplus food produced by restaurants, food manufacturers and other food establishments will not go to waste […]
Senator Bong Go is pushing for the passage of a measure which seeks to create an executive department focused on addressing the concerns of migrant workers following the recent repatriation from the Middle East of undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) victimized by illegal recruiters. Go assured that a technical working group has been created to […]
Senator Bong Go distributed cash assistance and grocery to the victims of a fire that killed one person and destroyed about 200 houses at the Fishport Market 3 in Barangay North Bay Boulevard South (NBBS), Navotas City, on October 18. “Kapag ganitong kailangang matugunan ang problema ninyo, pupuntahan ko kayo kahit anong oras po,” Go […]
After two site visits in North Cotabato and Davao del Sur to extend aid to victims of a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that rocked some parts of Mindanao, Senator Bong Go attended the launching of the 47th Malasakit Center in the country at the Davao Regional Medical Center in Tagum City, Davao del Norte. Together with some […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to thoroughly study the proposal to increase biofuel content in diesel to help absorb the oversupply in the country’s copra industry. During the recent hearing on the DOE’s proposed ₱2.3 billion budget for 2020, Gatchalian called on Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi to immediately convene the […]