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“We should not lose by default to this pandemic.” This according to Quezon City 6th District Councilor Bobby Castelo who lamented that almost 3 million students dropped out of school last year because of the pandemic. “Three million is three million. We have to get all these children back to school.” According to Philippine Business […]
Amid the country’s economic recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Win Gatchalian cited the important role of local universities and colleges (LUCs) in increasing access to education while addressing persistent jobs-skills mismatch. In a webinar titled “The Future of Local Colleges and Universities” hosted by the Philippine Futures Thinking Society and the […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has already done about 3,307,946 tests in its 13 molecular laboratories nationwide as the Subic Molecular Laboratory turned one recently. PRC Chairman and CEO Senator Dick Gordon said that soon another molecular laboratory will be opened in the province of Cotabato. “We can say that 1 out of every 4 […]
Senators recalled how ex-president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, also their former colleague, fulfilled his duties as a public servant with fervor. Aquino died at the Capitol Medical Center in Quezon City on June 24. He was 61. Senator Imee Marcos remembered they were both neophytes in Congress in 1998 — she from Ilocos Norte’s Second […]
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia expects more groups and companies joining the “Suroy-Suroy Sugbo” package tours, seeing this as a way to revive the local tourism industry. Suroy-Suroy is the banner tourism program of the provincial government which started in 2005. Garcia made such a call in this town during the three-day escapade of the Philippine […]
A party-list lawmaker called for a period of national mourning for former president Benigno Simeon ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III who passed away at the age of 61 due to renal failure as a result of diabetes. Senior Citizens Representative Rodolfo Ordanes said expressions of sincere condolences and grief for Aquino’s death should be shared at this […]
Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte has called on Congress to do its part in stemming the continuous hemorrhage of jobs in the country by helping Malacañang fast-track the implementation of President Duterte’s Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pagasa (BP2) initiative designed to supercharge growth and create a lot of livelihood opportunities outside Metro Manila amid the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic. […]
In contemporary history, the death of an Aquino has always presaged tectonic movements in Philippine politics. Cory became President riding on a groundswell of national outrage over the assassination of husband, Ninoy. Her death, in turn, propelled son, Noynoy, to the Presidency on a similar groundswell, but of sympathy, and disgust with corruption. “Both Cory […]
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Thursday urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) to hasten its rollout of body-worn cameras amid continued controversy in the way it conducts its anti-drug operations. “Madaliin po sana natin ang pagkalap at pagpapagamit sa ating mga police operations ng mga body-cam. Malaki ang maia-ambag nito sa pagsigurong above-board […]
Senator Dick Gordon restated his proposal to the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) that all incoming overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and returning Philippine residents who have been fully vaccinated abroad or in the Philippines be sent directly for home quarantine upon their arrival and then be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) […]