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In the wake of the spiraling increase in oil prices, Senator Win Gatchalian urged the government to reactivate the fuel subsidy Pantawid Pasada Program to provide relief to the public transport sector and cushion the impact of high fuel prices on the riding and consuming public. “Ang panawagan ko sa ating pamahalaan ay protektahan natin […]
Bayaning Tsuper, a party-list that advocates the institutionalization of road safety governance, education, inclusivity, and stakeholders’ welfare, filed its certificate of nomination and acceptance (CONA) for the May 2022 polls. According to Atty. Aminola Abaton, Bayaning Tsuper first nominee, it is high time to give a voice to road safety advocacy in Congress. Bayaning Tsuper, […]
As the government eyes to begin the inoculation of minors against COVID-19 on October 15, Senator Win Gatchalian urged the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 to avoid a “walk-in” system and prevent crowding in vaccination sites. Gatchalian made this call in a Senate panel hearing on the pilot testing of limited face-to-face classes. The […]
Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte has lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent signing into law of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Modernization Act as an effective instrument to professionalize and boost the morale and efficiency of this agency tasked to save lives and property in times of fire and other calamities. Villafuerte, who was among the […]
With government storage facilities now full of vaccines, Deputy Speaker Benny Abante Jr. is urging the The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to direct local government units (LGUs) to begin administering COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to medical frontliners and senior citizens if demand for vaccines has slowed down. According […]
With the country receiving millions of vaccines in the first part of October, Quezon City First District (QCD1) congressional candidate Arjo Atayde on Wednesday urged QCD1 residents to get vaccinated and pledged to work with community leaders and the QC local government to find ways to make the COVID-19 vaccine more accessible in QCD1. According to Atayde, […]
More than 300 employees and other building occupants of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Data as of October 1, 2021, showed that a total of 352, or 86.7 percent out of the 406 personnel and other occupants of the NEA building in Quezon City were already […]
Senator Joel Villanueva highlighted the importance of creating regular, sustainable jobs under the government’s National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS), saying that data presented by the labor department recently only scratched the surface of the massive unemployment triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. While 780,119 jobs were created from the NERS Action Agenda as reported by the […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) joins the Global Handwashing Day (GHD) 2021 on October 15 with the theme “Our Future is at Hand – Let’s Move Forward Together”. GHD is a global advocacy dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Favis Villafuerte has filed his certificate of candidacy for congressman representing the second district of Bicol’s economic powerhouse. The former deputy speaker, who was three-term governor of the province before his election to the House of Representatives, is seeking his third term as legislator. The representative’s son, Miguel Luis “Migz” Reyes […]