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STAY SAFE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON – BONG GO

In spite of the challenges brought by the pandemic and other crisis situations, Senator Bong Go remains dedicated to spreading the holiday cheer to the most disadvantaged as he had his team provide assistance to indigents in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental.  “Sa lahat ng kababayan natin diyan sa CDO, maraming salamat sa inyong […]

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BEWARE OF SIM REGISTRATION SCAMS – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian cautioned subscriber identification module (SIM) users, such as mobile phone and laptop consumers, against a recently discovered GCash scam. Gatchalian cited a fraudulent email apparently coming from GCash Promotions advising recipients that their transactions have been restricted and to reinstate the said feature, recipients have to pre-register by simply clicking a link, […]

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KIDAPAWAN CITY BAGS DOE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AWARD

Kidapawan City is the country’s city model for the best practice in energy efficiency. Mayor Jose Paolo Evangelista received from Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla the 2022 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award for the City Government category. “The award reflects Kidapawan’s commitment to serve better with less expense from government funds,” Evangelista said. The mayor enumerated how […]

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LEGAL SMALL-SCALE MINING OPERATIONS BACKED

Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte is in favor of legalizing the operations of small-scale miners. “The legalization of small-scale mining is definitely a lot better way of monitoring the operations of these miners, because it certainly is far more difficult for the DENR and MGB to track the activities of small-scale miners if they continue operating […]

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POE TO NTC, TELCOS: MAKE SIM REGISTRATION EASY

Senator Grace Poe called on the government and telecommunications companies (telcos) to ensure that the mandatory registration of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) will be a convenient, secure and easy experience for mobile phone owners. “The SIM registration should be as easy as texting or sending a message,” Poe said as the implementing rules and regulations […]

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DELAY LIFTING OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY – BONG GO

In light of the mutating COVID-19 virus, Senator Bong Go urged the government to await the advice of health experts before deciding whether or not to lift the state of public health emergency. “It may be premature as of now. Hintayin lang po natin ang pag-aaral ng ating mga health experts and I’m sure it […]

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FREE LEGAL AID FOR UNIFORMED PERSONNEL PUSHED

Providing free legal assistance to men and women in uniform who are facing charges in connection with the performance of their duties will help boost morale and productivity among the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP) and other law enforcement agencies, according to Davao City 1st District Representative […]

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VILLAFUERTE TO MOBILE PHONE USERS: REGISTER SIM

Camarines Sur Rep. and National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte is reminding mobile phone users of the country’s estimated 150 million Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards to register their cellphone numbers within the deadline to avoid the automatic deactivation of their SIM numbers. Villafuerte at the same time expressed the hope that the  Department of […]

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BONG GO URGES PINOYS TO GET VACCINATED VS COVID-19

Senator Bong Go renewed his call for eligible Filipinos to join in the government’s goal of overcoming the pandemic as soon as possible by getting their jabs against COVID-19 while the Department of Health remains to negotiate with vaccine manufacturers in acquiring bivalent vaccines. According to DOH Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, bivalent vaccines are […]

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QC GOV’T: USE FIREWORKS ONLY IN PUBLIC PLACES  

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has regulated the manufacture, sale and use of firecrackers throughout the city, and allowed fireworks display only in public places as approved by the city government. “Private households are hereby prohibited from using firecrackers and staging their own fireworks display,” Belmonte said, adding that only approved firecrackers and pyrotechnics are […]