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Senator Bong Go reminded the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) during the Senate Committee on Finance budget hearing of both agencies to maximize existing drug rehabilitation facilities to give drug dependents willing to be rehabilitated a chance to reform themselves. With a total of 54 rehabilitation centers, 19 of […]
Senator Bong Go reiterated his call to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections currently scheduled for May 2020. In a public hearing conducted by the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation joint with Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes; Local Government; and Finance Committees, Go expressed the need for an extension […]
Senator Bato Dela Rosa categorically denied receiving any monetary favor from any individual or group during his term as director general of the beleaguered Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), saying that no one even dared to offer him any ‘pasalubong’ when he became the BuCor Chief or ‘pabaon’ when he left the bureau. In a radio […]
Another batch of trainers graduate from the Freshwater Aquaculture Training course and will be fielded to teach farmers and fisherfolks in the different parts of the country. Senator Cynthia Villar, director of the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (Villar SIPAG), congratulated the 30 graduates who came from the National Capital Region, Cavite, […]
Senator Dick Gordon has asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to look into the killings of Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officials and personnel as the Senate continues its probe on the anomalies within the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). According to Gordon, there have been at least 11 killings of BuCor staff members since 2011, […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III visited the National Center for Geriatric Health and bared his plans to convert the National Center for Geriatric Health into the National Center for Geriatric Health and Research Institute. In support of his advocacy to ensure that senior citizens receive appropriate care, Pimentel filed Senate Bill No. 100 or the ‘National […]
Four lawmakers have called for a congressional inquiry into the operations of the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) industry in light of allegations that the booming business has led to the influx of unregistered foreign workers and government revenue losses as a result of non-payment of income taxes relative to the industry. House Resolution No. […]
Government housing agencies have done a lot to comply with the tenets of the ease of doing business but a lot more has to be done to address the backlog in the area of informal sector mass housing. “Building a house is a slog through 27 offices, 78 permits, 156 signatures, 373 documents that could […]
Senator Bong Go reiterated the previous announcement of Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo that President Rodrigo Duterte is not pushing for the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill. Instead, Go said Duterte would support any anti-discrimination legislation that is patterned to a similar ordinance that was enacted in Davao City when the […]
To put foreign contractors on equal footing with their local counterparts, drive down costs in the construction industry, and bring in new technology, Senator Win Gatchalian wants to amend the 54-year-old Contractors’ License Law. Gatchalian has recently filed Senate Bill No. 1008, which he said seeks to amend Republic Act (R.A.) No. 4566 to promote […]