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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 […]
With the recent visit to the country of India’s President Ram Nath Kovind, Senator Dick Gordon has proposed that the Philippines should work to get India’s high-end tourists. “With the Indian president visiting the country, the Philippines should get the high-end tourists of India. This is a good time for us to get them,” Gordon […]
Senator Nancy Binay stressed the need to ensure a stricter implementation of the carrying capacity of Boracay amid the expected influx of tourists in the island in the coming months. Binay said the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) should give an update on the status of the framework they have established in monitoring the number […]
With mass transportation still proving to be a problem for many Filipinos, Senator Sonny Angara has proposed to make the operations of ‘habal-habal’ or motorcycles-for-hire legal. Angara has filed Senate Bill 1025 or Motorcycles-for-hire Act, which seeks to classify motorcycles-for-hire or two-wheeled vehicles as public transportation, amending the Land Transportation and Traffic Code. The Code […]
Senator Bong Go during a Senate health committee hearing, has vowed to stop the illegal practice of detaining or refusing discharge of patients from confinement for their inability to settle their hospital bills. The public hearing took up Senate Bill (SB) No. 166 filed by Senator Risa Hontiveros which increases the penalties against institutions continuing […]
Senator Koko Pimentel lll strongly opposes the possible imposition of a 780 percent increase in water rates. This came after Manila Water Co. has warned to pass on to consumers the heavy penalties imposed by the Supreme Court on the utility firm. “Passing on to consumers the fines is not only unfair but also utterly […]