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TAP LGUS TO SPEED UP VAX ROLLOUT – PANGILINAN

Following the government’s announcement of new quarantine rules, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said the private sector and the local government units (LGUs) should be given a bigger role in COVID-19 response especially when it comes to vaccination. Pangilinan stressed that the government’s vaccination efforts are inadequate and slow, and that the government needs to speed up […]

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BOOST VACCINATIONS FOR FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES

To help boost public confidence on the resumption of face-to-face classes in low-risk areas, Senator Win Gatchalian said it is crucial to contain the spread of COVID-19 and inoculate more people against the virus. According to the chair of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, suppressing the spread of the virus is […]

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NURSES LAUDED FOR SAVING BABIES DURING PGH FIRE

Senator Leila de Lima commended the courage and heroic act of nurses and other health care workers who safely evacuated and saved 35 babies during the recent fire that struck the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). De Lima, a social justice and human rights champion, said she salutes the health workers, particularly the two nurses who […]

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170 TAMPAKAN, SOCOT FAMILIES TO GET NEW HOUSES

More poor informal settler families in Tampakan, South Cotabato province are expected to benefit from the planned expansion of a flagship resettlement housing project in the area. Tampakan Mayor Leonard Escobillo said they are working on forging another financing agreement with the National Housing Authority (NHA) for the second phase of the Goldenville housing project […]

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GIVE P10K ‘AYUDA’ TO EVERY FAMILY – CAYETANO

Taguig-Pateros Representative Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday pushed for the proposal to give every family P10,000 in cash aid (ayuda) amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as he thumbed down the two rounds of cash aid amounting to P1,000 for every individual under the proposed Bayanihan to Arise as One Act (Bayanihan 3). Cayetano expressed hope that […]

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PH NEEDS NEW HIGHER EDUCATION PLAN – REP NOGRALES

As the country commemorates the first National Higher Education Day on May 18, Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Tuesday called for the creation of a new roadmap to address the learning crisis caused by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. “We have to take a clear-minded view of the situation. Baka kasi hindi na akma […]

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PUNISH CULPRITS IN PDEA-PNP SHOOTOUT – ABANTE

Over two months after the National Bureau of Investigation was directed to conduct an inquiry into the February 24 Philippine National Police (PNP)-Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) shootout in Quezon City, Deputy Speaker Benny Abante Jr. on Tuesday urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file charges against those responsible for the incident that claimed […]

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JUDGE CHA-CHA PROPOSALS ON MERITS, URGES ABANTE

With the House of Representatives resuming sessions this week a member of the House leadership has urged his fellow legislators, as well as the public, to judge proposals to amend the Constitution on their merits, and stressed on Monday that the Legislature should not miss a “golden opportunity” to improve the law of the land. […]

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HELP SENIOR CITIZENS ADAPT TO DIGITAL WORLD – POE

Senator Grace Poe sought increased livelihood programs for the country’s greying population which they can do at home to help tide them over the coronavirus pandemic. “With their depth of experience and knowledge gained through the years, there is no doubt that senior citizens will make an integral contribution to economic development,” Poe said. The […]

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PANGILINAN TO PUBLIC: FOCUS ON VOTER REGISTRATION

With less than four months left before the deadline, voters’ registration should be the priority instead of which candidates will run in the 2022 elections, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. “We’ll know soon enough by October kung sino ang mga tatakbo talaga. But for now, the focus should be on encouraging more people to register to […]