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As the modus operandi employed by the syndicates behind the road right-of-way payment (RROW) scam continues to unfold, Senator Dick Gordon denounced officials of concerned government agencies who knowingly or unknowingly abetted the syndicates in tarnishing the integrity of the country’s land registration and transfer system. During the continuation of the Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation […]
The Senate has started the process of ironing out the details of a bill which would require prospective vehicle owners to present proof that they have a parking space for the new vehicle, a bill which Senator Win Gatchalian believes will help ease traffic congestion in the country. The Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and […]
Senator Sonny Angara said the enactment of the Universal Health Care (UHC) bill will make sure all Filipinos will have access to quality and affordable medicines. “We are now a step closer to ensuring that every Filipino family will have access to health services without causing them financial hardship. Kabilang sa mga nilalayon nito ang […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged state universities and colleges (SUCs) and local universities and colleges (LUCs) to develop meaningful return service agreements (RSAs) that would instill discipline in students and help them contribute to nation-building. “The Free Higher Education Law allows our students to excel in whichever fields of study they wish to pursue by removing […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte to be more aggressive in its pursuit of energy self-sufficiency by launching a “Drill, Drill, Drill” program to explore and develop the country’s untapped oil and natural gas resources. Gatchalian, who serves as chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, made the call amid the […]
With government set to impose suggested retail prices for rice and chicken soon, Senate Trade and Commerce Committee Chair Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III is urging authorities to come down hard on predatory merchants who will continue to sell overpriced goods. The National Food Authority (NFA) Council, along with the departments of agriculture, trade and industry, […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to assemble the task force tasked to investigate unreasonable oil price hikes in some provinces in the country, as inflation hits 6.7 percent due to high global oil prices. “The government should immediately take action if there are […]
Senator Joel Villanueva, vice chairperson of the Senate Committee on Education, welcomed the recent passage of free technical-vocational education bill on third and final reading in the House of Representatives. The counterpart version, Senate Bill No. 1431 or the proposed Tulong Trabaho Act, was approved on third and final reading in the Senate on May […]
A lump sum retirement gratuity pay equivalent to one-year honorarium or P100,000 as well as grant of other benefits including a higher Christmas bonus for barangay officials are now being pushed anew in the Senate. In making the proposal, Senator Win Gatchalian said the existing amounts being provided under the Local Government Code of 1991 […]
With the sophistication that drug smuggling is now being conducted, Senator Dick Gordon has proposed that the Bureau of Customs (BOC) should have expert X-ray machine operators and experts on drug and other contraband detection. “The drug war has taken a different tone, not only here but throughout the whole world. Yung mga droga na […]