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Manila Mayor Isko Moreno on Monday praised his vice mayor and Manila city hall officials and employees for the numerous awards garnered by the city in recent weeks, and attributed the distinctions won by the city “to the efforts and efficiency of my colleagues in the city government because I could not have done all […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has asked the National Privacy Commission to look into the “epidemic of ‘text scams,’” particularly the kind in which cell phone numbers are barraged with job ads or offers. Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, described the apparent “robo texts being blasted” to be the “forbidden fruit of a data breach […]
Worried that the leadership impasse will disrupt the operations of Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO), Senator Win Gatchalian urged the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to undertake efforts to reach a middle ground with the employees and officers of the utility company. “My worry is the stability of the operations of BENECO. Baguio is a highly urbanized […]
Davao City is inching its way to getting one million residents fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In her regular radio program, Mayor Sara Duterte said a total of 1,010,811 residents got their first doses, while 908,101 have been fully vaccinated. “We will not promise but we will try to achieve the demand […]
The House of Representatives approved on second reading a proposal that would extend the availability of the 2021 national budget until December next year. The lower chamber approved through voice voting House Bill 10373, authored by ACT-CIS Party-list Representative Eric Go Yap, that would amend Section 62 of the General Provisions of Republic Act 11518 […]
The Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list on Monday criticized the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) for claiming pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena “falsified the liquidations submitted” to the federation, warning that the Tokyo Olympian could become another Wesley So and play for another country if they could not properly back up their […]
“We need to elect leaders who will put our country’s interests first and foremost” This was the statement of Atty Alex Lacson, a Negrense senatorial candidate running under the team of VP Leni Robredo and Sen Kiko Pangilinan. Lacson was the guest speaker of the virtual forum entitled “Patriotism in the time of the Pandemic”, […]
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is pushing for the inclusion of other public utility drivers as beneficiaries of the government’s Fuel Subsidy Program, which will receive an additional P5 billion fund next year. At the Senate deliberations on the 2022 budget of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) Monday, November 22, Pangilinan was also able to secure a […]
The “silent killers” of hunger and malnutrition, which kills 95 Filipino children every day, must be stopped alongside managing the COVID pandemic, Senator Kiko Pangilinan on World Children’s Day.“Ayon sa UNICEF, 95 na batang Pilipino ang namamatay araw-araw dahil sa malnutrisyon. Mas marami pa kaysa sa 74 na Pilipinong na namamatay sa COVID-19 araw-araw,” Pangilinan said. […]
As he renewed his call to institutionalize the needed measures ensuring consumer protection, Senator Win Gatchalian pressed for enhanced redress mechanisms and information security measures of telecommunications companies and banking institutions in the light of recent cyber heists through subscriber identity module (SIM) swap scam. With the holiday season just a few weeks away, Gatchalian […]