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With the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak now affecting the global tourism industry, Senator Dick Gordon stressed the need to implement the Holiday Economics Law to boost domestic tourism. Gordon pointed out that with the warning from tourism experts that the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on tourism now being felt across Asia, will linger past […]
Senators Joel Villanueva and Bong Revilla both recognize the significant role military reservists play in times of calamities and in stopping terrorism. Villanueva and Revilla have filed Senate Bill Numbers 1147 and 1203, respectively, to strengthen the employment rights of military reservists. The proposal was filed and was passed on third reading at the Senate during […]
Senator Dick Gordon welcomed the Social Security System’s (SSS) reported increased contribution collections because of Republic Act 11199 or the Social Security Act of 2019, which aims to lengthen the life of the state-run pension fund, among others, by gradually increasing the monthly contributions of members. “When they retire, they will retire with a measure […]
Discrimination of learners on the basis of their background or religion has no place in the country’s education system. This is Senator Win Gatchalian’s reminder to the Philippine National Police (PNP) amid an uproar on a Manila Police District (MPD) memorandum, which called for the creation of a database of Muslim students in Manila high […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has surpassed its electrification target for 2019 with over 500,000 new consumer connections, bringing its overall energization level under the franchise areas of different electric cooperatives (ECs) nationwide at 95 percent. Data from the NEA Information Technology and Communication Services Department (ITCSD) showed that from January to December last year, […]
With 21 affirmative votes, no negative votes and no abstention, the Senate approved on third and final reading a measure expanding the use of a fund meant for the legal assistance of more than 10 million Filipinos working abroad. Through LeAF, the government can extend legal assistance to distressed Filipinos working abroad through Philippine embassies […]
National Electrification Administration (NEA) Administrator Edgardo Masongsong has refuted claims by a supposed consumer group that he had abused his authority when he issued memoranda increasing the salaries and retirement benefits of general managers (GMs) of electric cooperatives (ECs), stressing the issuances were all aboveboard and that the accusations were part of a “malicious scheme” […]
Government was told to urgently craft a “resilience plan” that will allow the economy “to deftly evade” the brunt of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the shutdown of plants and back offices of Honda, Wells Fargo and other multinationals in the country. The call was made by Senator Sonny Angara as the Senate finance committee […]
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), led the distribution of relief goods for evacuees in Ibaan, Batangas who were affected by the eruption of the Taal Volcano in January. As he spoke with the evacuees, Gordon shared his experiences during the devastating eruption of Mt. Pinatubo that happened in June 1991 […]
Lawmakers called for a national evaluation policy that will ensure evidence-based budgeting for all government programs and the accountability of civil servants. “Clearly there has been limited attention, budgetary support, provision of personnel for monitoring and evaluation and only lip service has been given all these years to M&E (monitoring and evaluation),” Senator Imee Marcos, […]