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Senator Grace Poe underscored the need to establish banking services in remote communities as more people turn to digital transactions on worries of coronavirus transmission. Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on banks, financial institutions and currencies, led a virtual public hearing to tackle bills seeking to institutionalize Bangko sa Baryo that will allow banks […]
Senator Grace Poe said financial institutions such as banks and money transfer companies as well as regulators should do more to protect the remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The latest Consumer Expectations Survey of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that 96 percent of households that receive remittances spend it on food and […]
This is the challenge posed by an education advocacy group to all those planning to run in the 2022 elections, as it stressed the importance of including a “comprehensive education strategy” in their campaign platforms. “From the very top, down to our local governments, kailangan lahat ng kandidato ay hindi lang mangako kundi magpakita ng […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, filed Committee Report No. 274 urging the Philippine Government to support the proposal before the WTO for a waiver of the intellectual property rights over COVID-19 vaccines. Pimentel believes that such a waiver would help ramp up global production of the much-needed […]
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of new societal and cultural norms have emerged. Some are well-known, while others are isolated only to communities where they exist. It will always be better to be knowledgeable about these new emerging cultures as they contribute to the betterment of our society at large. Thus, […]
Senator Grace Poe called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) to scale up local agricultural production and aim for a dynamic, high-growth sector to alleviate the hunger woes of millions of Filipinos. “Our people are hungry. There’s something disconcerting about the reality that this is happening in an agricultural country,” Poe said. “The number of […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led the turnover ceremony of 2,603 completed housing units for beneficiaires in Bugasong, Antique last Friday, July 16, 2021 and assured residents that the Duterte administration was fully committed to developing communities in the Yolanda Permanent Housing sites.The 47th virtual ceremonial turnover of free houses covered the Bugasong Resettlement Project (91 […]
Senator Sonny Angara is set to file a bill that will provide assistance to deserving Filipino students who wish to pursue their higher education overseas. Angara said he is looking at expanding the scope of Senate Bill 961 or the proposed Pensionado Act, which he filed at the start of the 18th Congress in 2019, […]
Ramping up food production, encouraging communities to grow their own produce, and safely increasing economic activity are some of the keys to reduce hunger in the provinces. This was bared by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who at the government’s pre-SONA (State of the Nation Address) forum addressed concerns that a recent Social Weather Stations survey […]
Following a US-based report on human waste and sewage being dumped by hundreds of Chinese ships into the West Philippine Sea, Senator Kiko Pangilinan urges the government assert the country’s rights and order the ships to leave. “Hindi na nga sa inyo, sisirain niyo pa. Umalis kayo riyan,” Pangilinan said in reaction to the report […]