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Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero strengthened his position as the top favorite of students to win the senatorial elections on May 9 after 67.7% of the respondents picked him in the mock polls conducted by Saint Columban College in Pagadian City. Escudero, the only incumbent governor running for senator, landed the top spot among more than 60 […]
Vice-presidential aspirant Senator Kiko Pangilinan reiterates that mandatory military service is unnecessary and that young Filipinos should instead be encouraged to farm. In a radio interview with a Baguio radio station, Pangilinan said that the funds that would otherwise be spent on mandatory military service should instead go to food security training. “Tutol tayo sa […]
Senator Francis Tolentino urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to order the removal of the online sabong (cockfight) feature from existing e-wallet applications amid the latest order issued by Malacañang that stopped e-sabong (online cockfighting) operations. According to Tolentino, since President Rodrigo Duterte already “cut the legal umbilical cord” of the e-sabong industry, the […]
Kiangan, Ifugao has achieved an 80-percent vaccination rate against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), thanks to the vaccine and people’s adherence to protocols, the mayor said. Mayor Raldis Andrei Bulayungan, in a message during the “Gotad Ad Kiangan,” a gathering for thanksgiving after the lockdown, said they have a target of less than 10,000, or […]
A drivers’ party-list group has vowed to push for the continuation of insurance and fuel subsidy for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers if elected to Congress in the May 9 elections. Dumper PTDA (Drivers United for Mass Progress and Equal Rights – Philippines Taxi Drivers Association) Representative Claudine Diana Bautista-Lim said they are proposing the institutionalization […]
Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero urged business process outsourcing (BPO) companies to consider setting up more offices in Mindanao to boost employment in the region. Escudero noted that the BPO industry was the most resilient during the pandemic, creating 23,000 new jobs in 2020 while other businesses laid-off workers or shut down […]
Vice-presidential candidate Senator Kiko Pangilinan rebuked political opponents in Navotas who vandalized several Leni-Kiko murals, saying his and Vice-President Leni Robredo’s supporters will not be cowed by this dastardly act but instead be emboldened to campaign harder for their tandem. At the campaign sortie in Malabon, Mayor Len Oreta endorsed the Robredo and Pangilinan, as […]
Senator Joel Villanueva asked the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) to focus on ensuring the quality of our maritime graduates for better employability and not on curtailing access to maritime schools, as the agency proposed a 5-year moratorium on new maritime schools. “Access to education and skills training is as important as raising the quality of […]
Qualified indigent senior citizens, solo parents and persons with disabilities in Quezon City will soon receive P500 monthly financial assistance from the city government for one year. Mayor Joy Belmonte approved Ordinance No. SP-3115, S-2022 to help alleviate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the price increase of basic goods on the most vulnerable […]
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco led the House of Representatives in mourning the death of Camarines Norte Representative Marisol Panotes. On Friday, Panotes’ daughter, Rosemarie, confirmed her passing in a Facebook post but did not indicate the cause of death of the lawmaker who represented the province’s Second District since 2016. Rosemarie will replace her mother […]