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Senator Dick Gordon strongly condemned the recent killings by riding-in-tandem assassins of a labor officer of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Manila, a judge in Ilocos Sur and a police officer in Quezon City. “The police must finally look at these killings; these motorcycle-riding in tandem cowards are killing with impunity. They […]
Senator Cynthia Villar announced the holding of the 9th OFW and Family Summit on November 12 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. In a press conference held at the Tramway Bayview Buffet in Pasay City, Villar said she expects thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their beneficiaries to fill up Hall D […]
Senator Bong Go distributed grocery packs and financial aid in towns hardest hit by the subsequent magnitude 6.6 and magnitude 6.5 earthquakes that rocked North Cotabato and other parts of Mindanao on October 29 and 31, respectively. An earlier strong quake with a magnitude of 6.3 first hit the same areas last October 16. Straight […]
Child and teenage pregnancies in the Philippines are growing at an alarming rate and it is imperative for the government to do something about this at the soonest possible time, Senator Sonny Angara said. The data on child and teenage pregnancies in the country should be a cause for alarm and the Commission on Population […]
Some senators are urging Vice President Leni Robredo to accept her appointment as co-chairperson of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD). Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Robredo should accept the new post given to her by President Rodrigo Duterte so that she would realize that the campaign against illegal drugs cannot be stopped. […]
Senator Grace Poe said road tragedies are grim reminders that lapses in road safety must be immediately addressed to save lives. In her sponsorship speech of Senate Bill No. 1122 (Committee Report No. 15) or the proposed National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims, Survivors and their Families Act, Poe called for urgent action […]
The House of Representatives has started raising funds for victims of recent earthquakes that struck Mindanao. Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano bared the fundraising endeavor of the House during the Congressional Spouses Foundation, Inc. (CSFI) Giant Christmas Tree 2019 Launch. The Speaker, together with his wife Rep. Maria Laarni Cayetano (2nd District, Taguig City-Pateros), Deputy Speaker […]
Senator Francis Tolentino is pushing for the passage of a measure that will require mandatory civil conscription for disaster and humanitarian service. In his sponsorship speech delivered during the plenary session, Tolentino stressed that a ready and able body of professionals be equipped to be called upon to render aid in emergency situations and enable […]
“Zero politics, zero distractions, all work.” This was how House Committee on Local Government Vice Chair and Isabela 6th District Rep. Inno Dy V, sums up the sentiments of barangay leaders in the country after the House of Representatives approved House Bill 4933, which moves the holding of the barangay and SK polls fro its […]
As Congress resumes its session, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a measure seeking the postponement of the holding of the May 2020 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to December 5, 2022. Voting 194-6-0, the lower chamber approved House Bill 4933, which seeks to move the barangay and SK polls […]