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As the nation observes National Nutrition Month, House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III stressed the importance of investing in child nutrition, highlighting the House-approved National Nutrition Program and calling for its swift enactment as part of the country’s broader fight against child hunger and malnutrition. The Speaker’s call comes as the latest survey by the […]
More than a thousand Child Development Workers (CDWs) from the 31 cities and municipalities of Negros Occidental received their respective salary subsidies for the quarter, worth a total of P5,355,000, as part of the culmination of the Provincial CDW Week held in Bago City recently. The salary subsidy is among the Provincial Government’s continuing initiatives […]
Senator Bong Go filed Senate Bill No. 2324 which seeks to upgrade the Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital in Barangay Lanot, Roxas City, into a Level III general hospital to be known as the Capiz Medical Center. The proposed measure would place the hospital under the direct supervision and control of the Department of Health, while […]
State-owned China Daily’s artificial intelligence-generated video depicting Filipinos as monkeys is not only racist and demoralizing, but it is also meant to undermine the Philippines’ lawful victory under the 2016 Arbitral Award on the West Philippine Sea, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. In an interview on Radio Veritas, Pangilinan remarked that the video was nothing but […]
Senator Chiz Escudero urged Congress to reassess the country’s juvenile justice laws in the wake of the recent school shooting in Tacloban, saying no human‑made statute is “perfect or untouchable” and must be revised when no longer responsive to current realities. Escudero, who co‑authored Republic Act No. 9344 in 2006 and its amendatory law Republic […]
Reinforcing its commitment to lasting peace, security, and public safety, the Provincial Government of Laguna, led by Governor Sol Aragones, joined key national and local government agencies in the Revalidation and Ceremonial Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Declaration of Stable Internal Peace and Security (SIPS) at the Laguna Provincial Capitol. Among […]
As the House Committee on the Welfare of Children convenes a Technical Working Group (TWG) to tackle proposals on child online safety and the regulation of social media use among minors, House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III is pushing to make digital literacy a mandatory part of basic education, saying education must go hand in […]
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano urged Filipinos to choose “Katotohanan, Konstitusyon, at Paglaban sa Korapsyon” or KKK as he warned that truth and the rule of law are under attack from today’s political pattern of “kuyog, kaso, kulong”. In an online broadcast, Cayetano said the KKK framework should serve as a guide in addressing […]
Senator Ping Lacson condemned China’s depiction of Filipinos as monkeys in an AI-generated video, saying the racist portrayal reflects more on China’s character than on the Filipino people. “Kung unggoy ang turing nila sa mga Pilipino, ano sila kung pag-uugali at karakter ang batayan?” Lacson said. China Daily, a state-run media outlet, published the AI-generated […]
Senator Bong Go filed Senate Bill No. 2330, or the proposed eBayad Act seeking to make government transactions faster, more accessible, and more accountable through the wider use of secure and interoperable digital payment systems. By expanding digital options for government payments and collections, the proposed measure aims to reduce long queues, unnecessary travel, and […]