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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) through its Enhanced Lending Program has extended over P700-million worth of loans to electric cooperatives (ECs) in 2019, surpassing the full-year target of P450 million. Data from the NEA Accounts Management and Guarantee Department (AMGD) showed the agency released a total of P705 million to 31 ECs, bulk of the […]
Inspired by Valenzuela City’s Bahay Kalinga, Senator Win Gatchalian seeks to institutionalize the establishment of nursing homes for neglected and abandoned elderly in every city and municipality of the country. Gatchalian has filed Senate Bill No. 737, or the “Homes for the Abandoned Seniors Act of 2019,” which seeks to establish a nursing home for […]
Senator Joel Villanueva is calling on the government to appoint a disaster czar to oversee the relief efforts in Batangas for residents displaced by the eruption of Taal Volcano. Villanueva broached the idea after reports showed that relief goods such as food and hygiene packs, among others, were unevenly distributed to various evacuation centers where […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to put schools on alert and ensure that preventive measures are in place to protect students from a new coronavirus strain that has already infected 222 people across neighboring China, Japan, South Korea, and Thailand. Gatchalian underscored the need for safety measures following an announcement […]
As Taal Volcano remains restive, Senator Kiko Pangilinan is urging Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez and the Department of Finance to formulate a comprehensive inter-agency fund assistance program for affected residents around the volcano. “This program may include several forms of assistance like outright cash assistance, moratorium on amortization, etc.,” said Pangilinan, who participated in a […]
Let’s give our commuters in Metro Manila more options—not less. This, according to House Minority Leader Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr., sums up the sentiments of the members of the Minority, who on Wednesday expressed their support for the continued operations of motorcycle taxis in Metro Manila and committed to work to pass a measure that […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan has expressed his support for the establishment of a Taal Commission – a body that will solely focus on aiding, rehabilitating, and rebuilding communities affected by the ongoing eruption of Taal Volcano. “We should immediately shift our focus to providing the needs of those affected by the ongoing eruption. We’re not going […]
Government must issue more regular Taal Volcano updates over the twice-a-day situationers that the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has been releasing, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. “Considering that Phivolcs raised alert level 2 to 4 in just two hours last January 12, we issue an urgent appeal to government to issue bulletins every […]
Senator Win Gatchalian said he is set to file a resolution directing the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Social Security System (SSS) and Pag-IBIG to impose, at the minimum, a 60-day moratorium in the collection of “all dues” for those affected by the Taal Vocano eruption to ease their burdens. “Sa mga ganitong trahedya, marami […]
Electric cooperatives in Batangas are facing a drastic decline in power demand as thousands of residential customers were forced to evacuate and businesses closed amid the continuing unrest of Taal Volcano, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) said. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong received the information during his recent visit to the offices of Batangas I Electric […]