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Senator Grace Poe said the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) needs to do more to ensure that its concessionaires fulfill their obligations, as “slapping fines on those who fail their obligations is not enough.” The MWSS Regulatory Office (RO) penalized Maynilad P27.48 million recently for failing to supply water to consumers in the south […]
Senator Bong Go reminded Filipinos to take advantage of the streamlined medical assistance offered in the 154 Malasakit Centers scattered throughout the country so that they can prioritize their health and well-being without being burdened by the costs. In a recent interview, the chair of the Senate Committee on Health described the laborious process that […]
It is high time to end the “abono” situation of public school teachers who have to pay in advance for the needs of their students, out of their own pockets, Senator Robin Padilla said. Padilla threw his full support behind proposed measures providing additional benefits and privileges for public school teachers, who he hailed for […]
Some 13 members of the Communist Terrorist Group or NPA surrendered to the Samar Provincial Task Force ELCAC, and presented themselves to authorities at the Abanador Hall, 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army in Catbalogan City. Sometime in December of 2022, they decided to abandon the Bugsok Platoon of SRC Sesame of the Eastern Visayas Regional […]
The House Committee on Muslim Affairs chaired by Lanao del Norte Representative Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo approved the amended version of HB 5045 which would amend Republic Act 9997, or the “National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) Act of 2009” to provide Muslim Filipinos outside of Mindanao better access to Shari’a courts. Dimaporo, author of the […]
As the country observes National Zero Waste Month and the 22nd anniversary of the Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) Act this January, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda joined the Climate Change Commission (CCC) and environmental groups in lobbying for the urgent passage of a national regulation towards a phase out and eventual ban of […]
For their commitment to serve the country and for making a positive impact on our nation’s development, the Senate adopted a resolution hailing The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) 2022 awardees. Senate Adopted Resolution No. 39 introduced by Senator Sonny Angara was unanimously adopted by the Senate, taking into consideration SRNs 250, 252, […]
Advocating that every Filipino youth gets the opportunity to have proper education, Senator Bong Go personally witnessed the turnover and blessing of a new building in Community College of Gingoog City in Misamis Oriental. The funding for the said infrastructure was advocated by Go as Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance. In his […]
Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. has ordered the salary raise of 117 Contract of Service employees at the Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center beginning on Feb. 1, 2023. Among the employees to get the salary raise are the 4 Midwives who will receive a ₱6,000 raise each; 105 Nursing Attendants with a ₱2,000 […]
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill 6492 to be known as the Magna Carta on Religious Freedom Act as it resumed session. The measure which received 256 affirmative votes, one negative vote and three abstentions, would protect the right of the people to freedom of religion as guaranteed under […]