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Senator Win Gatchalian underscored the need to simplify the procedures and reduce the transaction costs to encourage Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to seek government loans to restart their businesses which in turn will help shore up the economy. Gatchalian, who sits as Chairperson of the Senate Subcommittee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies […]
Senator Joel Villanueva scored the proposal to exclude certain firms from the government’s vaccine procurement program, saying such a move, if implemented, would hamper the efforts on speeding up the roll out of vaccines across the broader population. Villanueva referred to Section 5 of a draft administrative order by the Department of Health circulating in […]
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles has demanded that law enforcement authorities pursue those responsible for putting up a poster Judge Monique Quisumbing-Ignacio of the Mandaluyong City Regional Trial Court (RTC) linking her to communists. “I’d like to know what our police and other law enforcers are doing regarding this. Sa pampublikong lugar nailagay ang […]
As the Philippines faces a surge in COVID-19 cases, Senator Kiko Pangilinan wants the government to provide health kits and financial assistance to the country’s almost 1.5 million fisherfolk, who are suffering from low selling price due to checkpoints and access to ice for their catch. “Wag po nating kalimutan ang ating mga mangingisda dahil […]
Senator Sonny Angara sees the addition of Ange Kouame to the Gilas Pilipinas national basketball team as a boost to the Philippines’ chances in qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. Angara, the chairman of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), is the principal author of Senate Bill 1892 granting Philippine citizenship to Kouame through naturalization, which […]
Senators gave their thumbs up allowing basketball player Kakou Ange Franck Williams Kouame from the Ivory Coast, and football player Bienvenido Morejon Marañon from Spain to represent the Philippines in international matches. In a unanimous vote of all 23 senators present, the Senate approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 8631 under Committee […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan has reassured Filipino hog raisers who continue to be affected by the African swine fever (ASF) that the Senate will pass the resolution urging President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a state of calamity. Pangilinan made the statement after senators agreed with his resolution urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) to recommend to […]
The government’s vaccination drive must go on a fast break to meet its target number of beneficiaries, and loosen movement restrictions that affect workers and hamper economic activity, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. At the current pace of administering 3,887 vaccine doses daily, the government might not fulfill the President’s promise of life returning to […]
Senator Joel Villanueva, chairman of the Senate committee on labor, filed a bill expanding the list of prohibited acts in the Labor Code that constitute discrimination against women. “As presently worded, the Labor Code of the Philippines already prohibits certain acts of discrimination against women,” Villanueva said in the bill. “The law should adapt to […]
Instead of simply relying on users’ reports, social media sites should be able to immediately takedown sensual content involving minors, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. “There should be a more proactive response rather than just rely on reports. The difficulty with reporting as was earlier manifested in some of the experiences, it would take several months. […]