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Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said the country needs a strong and empowered institution capable of responding to the new normal of natural disasters and climate change, as he pushed for the immediate passage of a bill creating the Department of Disaster Resilience in the wake of a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that jolted parts of Luzon […]
Any attempt to oust President Rodrigo Duterte will fail because the Chief Executive has the unequivocal support of the people. This according to administration senatorial bet and former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Bato dela Rosa, who on Wednesday said that whether the information regarding a plot to remove the President was accurate or not, […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is looking forward to having more social welfare attachés (SWAs) in Philippine embassies and consulates, especially in countries with high concentration of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), once the bill seeking to institutionalize their deployment abroad is signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte. The enrolled copy of the measure establishing the […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara urged Filipinos to make a conscious effort to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle as the Philippines joined the rest of the world in celebrating Earth Day. Angara said the annual event to spread awareness about the environment does not have to be limited to one single day, believing that “Earth […]
Senator Dick Gordon has called on the government to fast-track the takeover of the Hanjin Heavy Industries Corporations-Philippines facility in Subic to ensure the protection of the country’s territory and sovereignty and to provide jobs. “Mas maganda kung magawa na natin ang Hanjin para makapasok dito ng trabaho. Dapat gamitin natin iyan para sa seguridad […]
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, is not likely to entertain calls for him to reopen the investigation into the smuggling of shabu through the Bureau of Customs after Presidential son Paolo “Pulong” Duterte and former Presidential Economic Adviser Michael Yang were implicated in the case. According to Gordon, unless their […]
Increasing the social pension of indigent senior citizens will be a top priority of Senator Sonny Angara should he be reelected to Senate for another six-year term. Angara, one of the authors of Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010, said the social pension provided for under the law must be […]
A total of 16 brand new units of boom trucks intended to improve the stability of power supply in the Bangsamoro region were turned over by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to six electric cooperatives (ECs) on Wednesday, April 10. The boom trucks were part of the 771 […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III has filed a bill seeking to abolish the 42-year-old presidential decree that imposes a travel tax on Filipinos traveling abroad. The repeal of the travel tax, especially for travels to countries within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), should have been in effect as early as Nov. 2002, following the […]
With a finite land area of 300,000 square kilometers, a population of 107.19 million, and an average annual growth rate of 1.69 percent, the passage of a national land use plan is necessary to plan and manage our land to provide for everyone’s living needs. This is according to Bahay Party-list first nominee Atty. Naealla […]