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Senator Dick Gordon warned both public and private hospitals against committing unjust practices or they could also be sanctioned like the ACE Medical Center – Baypointe in the Subic Freeport which is now facing a complaint filed by the senator with the Department of Health (DOH). Gordon said the DOH has revoked Baypointe’s permit to […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is urging the government to put in place measures that would create more jobs and increase productivity in the agriculture sector to encourage young people to venture into farming. “Kailangan nating palakasin ang sektor ng agrikultura at palakihin ang kita ng mga magsasaka para mahikayat natin ang mga kabataan na magsaka,” […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has reiterated the importance of a sound policy and regulatory framework for electric vehicles (e-vehicles) to usher in the uptake of electric vehicles in the country. During the Senate Committee on Energy hearing on Senate Bill No. 2137 or the Electric Vehicles and Charging Stations Act, Gatchalian quizzed the Department of Energy’s […]
Senator Joel Villanueva hailed the efforts of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in seizing a total of P1.1 billion worth of “shabu” (crystal meth)in separate buy-bust operations in Muntinlupa City. The illegal drugs were confiscated from three Chinese nationals at the parking lot of the Festival Mall and a house inside the posh Ayala […]
True to his long-time advocacy of having poor but deserving students being prioritized for admission to the country’s state colleges and universities and science high schools, Senator Dick Gordon slammed the “palakasan” system being practiced in Olongapo City’s Science High School. “I have been hearing reports that most of the students in the Science High […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara stressed the need to upgrade the facilities and increase the bed capacity of government-run hospitals under the Department of Health (DOH) in anticipation of the influx of patients due to the impending implementation of the landmark universal health care (UHC) law. “To accommodate more patients, government hospitals would need additional beds […]
Saying it is time to take a bite out of crimes, especially those brazenly committed by motorcycle-riding criminals, Senator Dick Gordon hailed the enactment into law of Republic Act 11235 or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act. “I thank the President for signing my proposed measure into law. This law aims to stop criminals from perpetrating […]
Senator Cynthia Villar defended the Rice Tariffication Law anew, as she stressed that government will appropriate P10 billion in an annual agricultural fund to help ease the effects of World Trade Organization-governed rice importation on local production. Villar said that should the Executive Department reneges on its pledge to put up the fund, she would […]
Elated that poor farmers will now have access to more capital to increase their productivity and reduce poverty in the countryside, Senator Dick Gordon thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law Republic Act No. 11231 or the Agricultural Free Patent Reform Act. “I am very grateful to President Duterte for signing the Agricultural Free […]
Senator Joel Villanueva hailed the signing of the “Tulong Trabaho” Law which seeks to provide free access to Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programs. The law sets up a fund that finances scholarships of workers to training programs as needed by the industry, explained Villanueva, principal author and sponsor of Republic Act No. 11230 or […]