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The government will sustain its “indigent senior pension program” with a P23.18-billion allocation next year that will grant 3.8 million senior citizens a P6,000 annual stipend each, Sen. Sonny Angara said. On top of this is a P3,600 annual assistance from the “Unconditional Cash Transfer” (UCT) fund, a three-year “safety net” program for “economically vulnerable […]
With the Masungi Georeserve in Rizal province recently being recognized as one of the most sustainable and innovative tourism projects worldwide, Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles has urged private sector businesses to “be like Masungi“ in exploring sustainable tourism and help protect the environment.The conservation project was cited earlier this month by the United […]
The Department of Health’s (DOH) proposed P160.15 billion budget for 2020 was approved on committee level during a Senate public hearing presided by Senator Bong Go, chair of the Subcommittee F of the Senate Committee on Finance. During the hearing, Go expressed his full support for the DOH. However, the legislator also raised concerns regarding […]
Instead of “playing catch up with backlogs” in school buildings, government should “build forward,” by constructing in advance classrooms for future enrollees, Sen. Sonny Angara said. “I think we should now implement a zero-backlog program. Let’s choose a year of when it will be achieved. And once that’s done, let’s stock up on new classrooms […]
Senator Cynthia Villar has expressed disappointment over the measly budget the Department of Health (DOH) has been given to address the issue of open defecation. During the Senate subcommittee hearing on the proposed P160.15 billion budget of the DOH for 2020, Villar stressed that the P2 million allocation to build sanitary toilets under Environmental and […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging government to look into other ways of building classrooms and school buildings to avoid delays as he called on the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to revisit the computation for classroom requirements. “Let’s explore other modalities in constructing school buildings as the slow pace can’t keep up with the […]
A public hearing of the Senate Committee on Local Government, conducted jointly with the Committees on Ways and Means; Finance; and Government Corporations and Public Enterprises, was held to discuss issues currently being faced by barangays. Among the bills taken up during the hearing was Senate Bill No. 391 or the Magna Carta for Barangays […]
If government is serious on solving Metro Manila’s traffic woes, it should begin by increasing the budget of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to improve the wages of the 3,000 traffic enforcers it employs. This was pointed out by House Minority Leader and Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr., who on Wednesday […]
Senator Bato Dela Rosa vented his ire on the medical officers of the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) hospital as he confronted them on the alleged corruption on issuance of hospital passes and on the overstaying of high profile inmates at the prison hospital for a fee. During the continuation of the hearing of the Senate […]
Senator Bong Go reminded the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) during the Senate Committee on Finance budget hearing of both agencies to maximize existing drug rehabilitation facilities to give drug dependents willing to be rehabilitated a chance to reform themselves. With a total of 54 rehabilitation centers, 19 of […]