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Senator Chiz Escudero exhorted his colleagues to rally behind Senate Bill No. 2442 or the Philippine Entrepreneurs’ Academy Act, which seeks to provide undergraduate and graduate degree programs on entrepreneurship. Speaking at the plenary to sponsor the bill, the Chair of the Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education cited the need to pass such […]
Senator Raffy Tulfo slammed the very low compliance of Social Security System (SSS), the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and the Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-IBIG for the coverage of kasambahays. Based on a 2019 joint survey conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), there are 1.4 […]
Senator Bong Go co-sponsored Senate Bill No. 2441, or the “Free College Entrance Examinations Act,” which aims to further democratize access to quality education in the country. The bill, under Committee Report No. 122, mandates that private higher education institutions must waive entrance examination fees for certain qualified students. Drawing upon the 1987 Philippine Constitution, […]
Davao de Oro, under the good governance of Governor Dorothy Montejo-Gonzaga, played host to the 2023 3rd Quarter Full Council Meeting of the Regional Development Council (RDC) XI recently. The meeting was held in one of the finest tourist destinations in the province, the Dusit Thani Lubi Plantation Resort in Mabini town. Government officials, community […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez reported that the House of Representatives has approved 18 out of the 20 priority measures that the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) targeted for approval by December this year.The House Speaker, at the same time, expressed confidence in having all the 20 bills approved before the end of September, or three […]
Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Ray T. Reyes hit the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office’s (PCSO) 1,689 percent increase in advertising budget for 2023. This after the House Budget Briefing for the PCSO revealed that despite the increase in ad budget for this year, the government-owned and controlled corporation will incur a projected net loss of P938 million […]
Consumers and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) will not have to bear the additional burden of increased catastrophe insurance costs after AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee blasted the Insurance Commission (IC) for issuing IC Circular Letter No. 2022-34 dated July 14, 2022, which would have imposed as much as 400% increase in minimum […]
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has outsmarted smugglers and taught them an expensive lesson with his recent move to distribute smuggled rice stocks to poor families in Zamboanga, according to Bicol Saro Partylist Representative Brian Raymund Yamsuan. Yamsuan commended the President for sending a strong message to smugglers and hoarders that they have nothing to […]
Senator Chiz Escudero thanked his colleagues for supporting the 12 local higher education-related bills that included the establishment of additional five public medical schools around the country. At a recent plenary, the Senate approved on second reading the dozen bills that emanated from Escudero’s Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education. No one interpellated and […]
Senator Bong Go congratulated Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) trainees who graduated in Victorias City, Negros Occidental recently. During the program held at the Victorias City Training Center, in partnership with E-Tech Global Training Academy, Go’s team provided shirts, grocery packs, and snacks to 75 graduates. In his video message, the legislator seized […]