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A week into this year’s celebration of National Teachers’ Month, CamSur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is asking the Congress to put on the front burner twin measures bumping up the pay and making permanent the teaching supplies’ allowance of some 800,000 public school teachers. Villafuerte made this appeal in support of President Marcos’ renewed commitment to deliver on his 2023 […]
Senator Bong Go highlighted the timely and rapidly growing potential of e-sports not only in the Philippines but also globally during a budget hearing for the Games and Amusements Board (GAB). With a proposed budget of P131 million for 2024, GAB, which is responsible for regulating and supervising professional sports, has also been keenly observing […]
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa expressed support for the passage of a bill that urged tough penalties on offenders engaged in crimes that are regarded as economic sabotage. Senator Cynthia Villar, Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform, introduced Senate Bill No. 2432 or the “Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act,” at the recent […]
As the country observed the 125th anniversary of the Malolos Congress, Senate President Migz Zubiri enjoined colleagues to keep the spirit of Malolos alive. “On this day in 1898, the Malolos Congress, the first legislature of our own government, was established,” Zubiri said. The Senate President took pride that the secretary of the Malolos Congress, […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco emphasized the importance of “actualizing love” for the Philippines by doing small acts that would make huge impact in the generations ahead as she led the coastal cleanup held in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu as part of the first ever Philippine Dive Tourism Dialogue. “It is only right […]
The House of Representatives adopted Senate Bill No. 2019, as an amendment to House Bill No. 227, which seeks to institute policies for the protection and welfare of caregivers in the practice of their occupation. The proposed “Caregivers’ Welfare Act,” which would cover caregivers employed and working within the country in private homes, nursing or […]
In a timely response to the rising prices of rice in the country, Las Piñas Mayor Imelda Aguilar took a decisive stand to safeguard the city’s small-scale rice retailers, traders, and vendors. Under her leadership, the City Agriculture Office, in conjunction with the City Social Welfare and Development Office, distributed P15,000 in cash assistance to […]
Amid reports from the Department of Health (DOH) about depleting stocks of monovalent and bivalent COVID-19 vaccines, Senator Bong Go, chairperson of the Senate Health Committee, reiterated his support for efforts to timely and effectively assess the need to acquire more vaccines for the Philippine population. During an interview after aiding fire victims in Quezon […]
Senator Chiz Escudero has recently filed a bill that seeks to provide mandatory insurance coverage and other benefits for all line workers in the power utility sector. In filing Senate Bill 2303, Escudero said the measure will ensure that the well-being of thousands of lineworkers as well as that of their families are protected. “The […]
Senate President Migz Zubiri applauded the confirmation of Gilberto Teodoro Jr. as Secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND), vouching for the Defense chief’s integrity and capability. “It will be an honor for me to second the confirmation of Secretary Gilbert Teodoro as Secretary of the Department of National Defense, a position that this […]