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Senate Bill 2195 or the Community Service Act will be a game changer once passed into law, Senator Dick Gordon said. Aside from decongesting the country’s jails, Senate Bill 2195 aims to promote restorative justice by allowing courts to impose community service instead of jail terms for minor offenses which are punishable by arresto menor […]
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 10 (DSWD-10) and Senator-elect Bong Go recently visited around 200 families here who were left homeless after a fire destroyed their houses in Iligan City. Go arrived at the covered court in Barangay Ubaldo Laya where some of the 194 families are temporarily staying, distributing basic […]
The Senate of the 17th Congress has left behind an achievement of passing 464 bills that were enacted into law, some of which are landmark pieces of legislation that aim to uplift the lives of Filipinos. In his valedictory speech, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said the chamber was able to deliver on its promise […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has welcomed the latest government data on the continued decline of unemployment and underemployment rates as a “positive sign” that efforts to generate jobs for Filipinos continue to matter. The April 2019 Labor Force Survey by the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that unemployment dropped to 5.1 percent from 5.5 percent while underemployment […]
Senator Sonny Angara said government will be in a better position to fill the massive funding gap for the universal health care (UHC) program with the passage of the tobacco excise tax hike bill. “With the approval by both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the bill seeking higher tobacco excise taxes, we […]
The Senate has approved on third and final reading a measure seeking to increase the excise taxes on tobacco products in a bid to reduce smoking among Filipinos and generate additional funds for the government’s Universal Health Care program. With 20 affirmative votes and no negative vote, the upper chamber passed Senate Bill No. 2233 […]
Senator-elect Bong Go has vowed to continue giving assistance to fire victims even as he officially starts his work in the Senate. Go made the commitment following his visit to 119 individuals affected by a fire that struck Mapagkumbaba Extension Pook Malinis, Barangay UP Campus, Quezon City. “Definitely. At hindi lang sa mga nasusunugan. Kung saan […]
Reelected Senator Cynthia Villar has tapped the help of a group of women in Dasmariñas, Cavite to make bags out of the tarpaulins used during her campaign in the recent midterm elections. Villar, chair of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, said this recycling project benefits a small tailoring business, which employs mothers as […]
The Senate passed on third reading a resolution concurring in the ratification of the agreement on the boundary line that delimits the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of the Philippines and Indonesia. With 20 affirmative votes and no negative vote, the upper chamber passed Senate Resolution 1048, which expresses concurrence in the “Agreement between the Government […]
The Senate passed on third and final reading a bill seeking to decongest the country’s jails by authorizing courts to require community service instead of jail terms for minor offenses. Senator Dick Gordon, chair of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, and sponsor of the bill, cited the timeliness of the measure’s approval, […]