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VILLAR TO FISH FARMERS: TAKE PART IN SOLVING PLASTIC POLLUTION

Senator Cynthia Villar is urging aquaculture practitioners and fish farmers to take part in solving the country’s plastic pollution problem which is now threatening the supply of fish. As 32 fish farmers coming from Calabarzon, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Albay, Catanduanes, Masbate, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon, Aklan, Pasay and Parañaque, graduated from the 5-day freshwater […]

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Hobbies & Advocacies

THE BUYANIHAN FUNDRAISING BAZAAR RETURNS

Century City Mall and Aji Events Management Services will be sponsoring the second fundraising bazaar for the Shared Aid Fund for Emergency Response (SAFER) Foundation.  Ferdinand and Jerry Salome are cousins and rice farmers from Baco, Oriental Mindoro.  In February 2019, their crops were wiped out due to severe flooding caused by Tropical Depression Usman. […]

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DOE ON RIGHT TRACK IN CRAFTING RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian said the Department of Energy (DOE) has put itself “right on track” in its energy direction by crafting a new program that seeks to build a renewable energy (RE) portfolio of 2,000 megawatts (MW) in 10 years. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate committee on energy, lauded the DOE’s initiative to collaborate with […]

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WE NEED TO UPGRADE, MODERNIZE THE BFP – GO

Senator Bong Go said he is set to file a bill that would upgrade and modernize the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). “Through this bill, they will be more educated and aware about fire safety.” “We need to ensure the safety of the people. Through this bill, they will be more educated and aware about […]

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Government

NOGRALES TO PNP: SPEED-UP PROBE INTO MURDER OF DINAGAT BOARD MEMBER

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Monday strongly condemned the recent murder of a local Mindanao official as “senseless” and called on the Philippines National Police (PNP) to speed up investigations after a special task force was formed to look into the incident. Wenefredo Oloferres, a Board member of San Jose town in Dinagat province was […]

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IMPROVING COUNTRY’S MEDICAL SERVICES IS MY PRIORITY – GO

Government has opened the country’s 37th Malasakit Center at the Ormoc District Hospital in Leyte to extend medical assistance to the underprivileged. Senator Bong Go led the launching of the facility, more than a year after the first Malasakit Center was launched at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City in February 2018. […]

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ADDRESS 6.5M HOUSING GAP – GO

“Walang dapat maging squatter sa sariling bayan” (There should be no squatters in their own country). In an effort to curb homelessness and improve the delivery of housing services to poor Filipinos, Senator Bong Go has filed a bill that aims to provide continuous funding support for a large scale pro-poor housing program in the […]

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PDP-LABAN OPEN TO TERM-SHARING OF SPEAKERSHIP POST – PIMENTEL

Senator Koko Pimentel III said the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) is open to the term-sharing of the speakership post at the House of Representatives for the 18th Congress. Pimentel, president of the ruling party, noted however that the term-sharing arrangement would only be amenable if Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco will hold […]

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MY FIRST 10 BILLS ARE FOR GENUINE POSITIVE CHANGE – GO

Senator Bong Go filed his first 10 pet bills aimed at achieving “genuine positive change” felt by all Filipinos for the first regular session of the 18th Congress. Topping Go’s priority legislation is a bill that seeks to institutionalize the establishment of Malasakit Centers in more provinces and strategic urban centers in the country to […]

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GIVE ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCES TO TEACHERS – VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva has filed a bill that aims to provide for additional allowances for faculty members of state universities and colleges (SUC), as he sought to improve the living conditions of teachers in higher education institutions. The bill providing additional benefits for teaching personnel in SUCs and state-run technical and vocational institutions is one […]