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CONVERT LTO EXTENSION OFFICES INTO REGULAR LICENSING CENTERS – POE

Senator Grace Poe said the passage of six bills seeking to convert extension offices of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) into regular district offices will improve services at licensing and renewal centers in various towns for the benefit of the public. Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on public services and sponsor of the measures, […]

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BILLS SHOULD HAVE AGRICULTURAL COMPONENT – VILLAR

To spur the growth of the country’s agriculture, Senator Cynthia Villar said that as a legislator, she has a “conscious effort” to ensure her proposed bills in the Senate have a provision or component to support training, education, mechanization, research and development of this sector. Villar said one of these bills include the enactment into […]

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FEDERALISM IS TIMELY, NECESSARY, AND BENEFICIAL TO ALL – PIMENTEL

Now free of his responsibilities as Senate President, PDP Laban President Senator Koko Pimentel III is committed to persuading the public to support President Rodrigo Duterte’s efforts to amend the Constitution and adopt federalism as the country’s form of government. This in light of what the senator from Mindanao said is “a clear lack of […]

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BILL STRENGTHENING HIV-AIDS POLICY FOR PH APPROVED IN SENATE – HONTIVEROS

The Senate approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to reform the country’s 20-year-old legal framework and approach towards the prevention and control of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the country. Senate Bill No. 1390 was authored and sponsored by Senator Risa Hontiveros and Senator Joseph Victor […]

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REHABILITATE MANILA BAY FOR OUR CHILDREN – VILLAR

Senator Cynthia Villar presided over a committee hearing to review the strategies and measures implemented by government agencies mandated to clean-up, rehabilitate and preserve Manila Bay. Villar, chair of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, held the hearing on Proposed Senate Resolution No. 398 and 690 to look into the steps taken by 13 […]

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THE END TO ‘NAKAW LOAD’- CASTELO

The bane of mobile phones users in the sudden loss of their top up credits or the ‘nakaw load’ will soon end with the proposed bill of Quezon City Rep. Winnie Castelo to bar telecommunications companies from imposing expiry dates on load credits. Prepaid credit expiry is a form of robbery of consumers since the […]

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PDP LABAN, LOCAL OFFICIALS, HAIL SACRIFICE AND STATESMANSHIP OF SENATOR KOKO PIMENTEL

Stalwarts of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) heaped praises upon their Party President, Senator Koko Pimentel III, for his “conspicuous act of sacrifice for the greater good of the Senate and the country.” Pimentel nominated former Senate Majority Floor Leader and now Senate President Tito Sotto III as his […]

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MY FATHER ACHIEVED IMMORTALITY – ANGARA

Senator Sonny Angara expressed his thanks to the public for commiserating with his family on the death of Senate President Edgardo Angara and for giving their heartfelt tribute to his father for his achievements as a senator and an educator. In front of mourners and supporters inside the Malcolm Hall of the University of the […]

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CENTRAL LUZON INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL HUB TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHOICES FOR QUALITY LIFE – GORDON

The Senate Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises held another consultative hearing with stakeholders in Central Luzon in connection with Senator Dick Gordon’s bill which proposes to maximize the use of available infrastructures to unleash the economic potentials of the region. Gordon, author of Senate Bill No. 1325 or the “Regional Investment and Infrastructure […]

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STUDY NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AS AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian said the Philippines has a lot to learn from more advanced countries with respect to the development of nuclear technology as a national power resource. “There is a wide range of issues that we need to explore and thresh out before we can accurately measure the true potential of nuclear technology as […]