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While seeing the importance of child restraints to ensure the protection of children while travelling on board vehicles, Senator Dick Gordon pointed out that it may not be timely to push through with the implementation of the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act, which was supposed to take effect last Feb. 2. “I maintain that […]
A ‘no fail policy’ in schools? The policy’s long-term impact may do more harm than good to the academic performance of learners, Senator Win Gatchalian stressed. “Hindi ako sang-ayon diyan dahil may mga bata talagang mahina, halimbawa, sa Math, Reading, o sa Science. Dapat nating malaman ‘yun para matulungan natin sila. Kung ipapasa mo lahat, paano mo […]
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has filed a resolution urging the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to establish a unified national contact tracing protocol to ensure a more effective health emergency data monitoring system in the country.In House Resolution No. 1536 he filed last week, Velasco underscored the need […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan is asking the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation to conduct an inquiry on the slow registration of voters for the 2022 polls. In filing Senate Resolution (SR) 639, Pangilinan added that with less than eight months left before the September 30 deadline for registration, Senate can help the Commission […]
Senator Joel Villanueva lauded Congress’ ratification of the proposed Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) law that would now cover training incentives to cushion the impact of automation in employed and upskill workers. At the same time, Villanueva challenged the Department of Finance (DoF) and the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) to fulfill […]
To make Saliva RT-PCR testing more accessible, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) partnered with SM Supermalls (SCMC) as they opened drive-thru saliva RT-PCR collection sites in SM megamall and SM Mall of Asia. A ceremonial signing of the memorandum of agreement was held attended by PRC Chairman and CEO Senator Dick Gordon, PRC Secretary General […]
Senator Win Gatchalian said victims of fraudulent use of credit cards must not be subjected by banks to harassment and unethical debt collecting practices. Some netizens who claimed to have been victimized by financial cyber thieves through their credit card have complained to Gatchalian about the mounting finance charges they are now facing brought about […]
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri headed a Committee on Rules meeting to discuss policy issues regarding the Senate’s legislative priorities, particularly between the Rightsizing Bill, and the bills regarding the creation of new agencies, such as the proposed Department of Overseas Filipinos, the Department of Disaster Resilience and Management, the Department of Culture, and […]
Senator Dick Gordon commended Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. for filing diplomatic complaints against China’s aggression at the disputed West Philippine Sea. “I commend Secretary Locsin for taking a very important and valiant action by standing up for our rights. He did right by our country, and we support him wholeheartedly,” Gordon said. “He did right […]
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), disclosed that they are targeting a nationwide roll out by February 1 of the saliva RT-PCR test that the Department of Health gave the green light to recently. Following the DOH’s approval of the use of saliva as an alternative specimen to the […]