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Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led government participants and private sector partners and stakeholders at the Pilipinas Kontra Gutom (PKG) Multi-Sectoral Summit organized by the Task Force Zero Hunger last Wednesday, February 10, 2021.“The PKG Summit was organized to firm up our plans and concretize action on our anti-hunger and anti-poverty programs, which are top priorities […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has sought the suspension of the implementation of the New Motor Vehicle Inspection System (NMVIS) as transport regulators and private-owned motor vehicle inspection centers (PMVIC) failed to demonstrate preparedness to consistently and fairly implement new vehicle registration standards. At the hearing of the Senate public services committee, Villanueva lamented that officials of […]
The Senate has approved on final reading a measure that would expand the jurisdiction of first and second level courts, which would amend Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980, or the Batas Pambansa Blg. 129. With 22 votes favoring the measure, two negative votes, with no abstention, Senate Bill No. 1886, or An Act Further Expanding […]
The revenues raised by Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) will not offset the harm caused by this industry.This was emphasized by Deputy Speaker and Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante, Jr., who explained his negative vote on House Bill No. (HB) 5777, a measure that would tax persons engaged in POGO. “We are not thinking […]
State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) has disbursed P3 million in calamity loans to aid an electric cooperative (EC) in Marinduque province, which was affected by previous typhoons. Data from NEA Accounts Management and Guarantee Department as of January 31, 2021 showed that Marinduque Electric Cooperative, Inc. (MARELCO) received P3.322 million for the rehabilitation of its […]
Once enacted into law by President Rodrigo Duterte, the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill will result in a more affordable cancer treatment as the measure will exempt cancer prevention medication from the Value Added Tax (VAT), Senator Joel Villanueva said. Villanueva, chair of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human […]
“I think I echo the sentiments of many of our countrymen, who right now care more about the pandemic than politics, and who at this moment are thinking about vaccines, not voting.” This was the reaction of Deputy Speaker and Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante, Jr. to reports of petitions urging officials to run […]
The Senate adopted a resolution expressing its concurrence to the ratification of a treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons (TPNW). Proposed Senate Resolution 620, introduced and sponsored by Senator Koko Pimentel III, was unanimously adopted with 23 votes. The resolution was co-sponsored by Sen. Risa Hontiveros and all other senators. “The Treaty further reinforces […]
“The poor should not be powerless.” This, said Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Sunday, is the rationale behind the President’s approval of Department of Energy (DOE) recommendations that seek to ease the financial burden of power consumers with little or no income. Nograles had earlier announced that the President had ordered the extension of the […]
Senators, with a heavy heart, honor the life and death of former Senator John Henry “Sonny” Osmeña, who passed away in his condominium unit in Cebu City on February 2, 2021. Osmeña’s body was immediately cremated while the cause of his death was still being determined. He was 86. In a fitting tribute, the Senate passed […]