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Batman and Robin.This is how Senator Robin Padilla described his potential team up with Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa in pushing support for the programs of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Padilla said the NTF-ELCAC has good programs to address the threats from the communist rebels via development programs […]
Senator Lito Lapid filed a resolution encouraging the Senate to express its congratulations and commendation to the Philippine National Women’s Football team, Filipinas, for bagging the country’s first-ever Championship crown in the ASEAN Football Federation’s history held recently at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila.In his resolution, Lapid said that “the Philippine Women’s National Football […]
Quirino Gov. Dakila Cua hailed Vice President Sara Duterte’s plan to address overcrowding in schools by creating more classrooms through a streamlined process. “The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted what has been a long-existing problem in our schools. Sa panahon ng COVID-19 hindi na pwedeng nagsisiksikan ang mga bata sa paaralan, kaya mahalagang paramihin pa natin […]
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos, Jr. urged local government units (LGUs) to develop and carry out transformative programs to ease the economic burden of their constituents due to the surging oil and commodity prices. “With the recent spike in prices of commodities and the aftermath of surging inflation, LGUs […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the new administration to decongest the workload of public school teachers so they could focus on their teaching duties. Gatchalian emphasized that decongesting the workload of teachers affects the quality and delivery of education to the country’s K to 12 learners. “Decongesting the workload of teachers affects the quality and delivery […]
With President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. vowing to tackle the issue of climate change, Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles is hoping that Congress will finally pass a bill creating a government body tasked with the conservation and management of the 500-kilometer-long Sierra Madre Mountain Range to help protect its forest cover and prevent flooding […]
Senator Lito Lapid has re-filed his bill seeking to enhance the patients’ right to medical expense transparency, allowing them to make fully informed decisions about the quality of healthcare that they want and need by giving them access to information such as the price and quality of service in advance. Lapid maintained that the Medical […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has pressed the Departments of Transportation (DOTr) and of Budget and Management (DBM) to work in tandem in scouring for fresh funds to keep the Libreng Sakay program going, especially after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. himself ordered on his first day in office the continuation of this free ride […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III has asked the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to stop the issuance and the production of the P1,000 polymer banknotes amid mounting complaints about its practical use as a legal tender. At the same time, Pimentel has filed a resolution urging the Senate to conduct a legislative inquiry on BSP’s inclination to […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill which mandates government offices to adopt digital transaction systems to allow them to pay and receive digital currency. The measure states that all government agencies, including but not limited to national government agencies (NGAs), foreign-based government agencies, all government corporations, local government units (LGUs), State Universities and Colleges […]