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ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUG CAMPAIGN MUST SHIFT FOCUS ON DRUG LORDS – GATCHALIAN

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said President Rodrigo Duterte’s “harsher” anti-illegal drug campaign must now shift its focus on drug lords. Gatchalian said heads of drug syndicates who bring in illegal drugs into the country should be identified so that the “full force of the law will be imposed on them.” “Despite the government’s heavy hand against […]

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METRO MANILA SUBWAY IS PROOF OF ‘ACTION, NOT WORDS’ OF DUTERTE ADMIN – PIMENTEL

“Totoong proyekto, hindi puro plano.” (Real projects, not all plans.) This, according to Senate Trade and Commerce Committee Chair, Sen. Koko Pimentel III, is one of the hallmarks of the “Duterte brand of governance.” Pimentel said proof of this was the recent groundbreaking of the Metro Manila Subway,m project which was held on Wednesday in […]

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DEVELOP MASS TRANSPORT SYSTEM TO IMPROVE COUNTRY’S AIR QUALITY – LUNTIAN

With the Department of Transportation (DOTr) breaking ground on the Metro Manila Subway on Wednesday, Luntiang Pilipinas Party-list (Luntian) first nominee Michael Ubac said the country should invest more in efficient mass transport systems to substantially reduce the Philippines’ carbon emissions, especially in Metro Manila. “We have to step up efforts to discourage the use […]

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ADMIN’S SENATE BETS TO BUILD ON ADMIN’S ECONOMIC GAINS – PIMENTEL

Senate Trade and Commerce Committee Chair Koko Pimentel III said on Wednesday that administration Senate bets “would continue the commendable job done by President Rodrigo Duterte in maximizing the country’s economic potential.” Pimentel also vowed to propose and pass more laws aimed at improving investments, infrastructure, and skills education, while at the same time addressing […]

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2019 NAT’L BUDGET BANS BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION FROM ISSUING SPECIAL WORKING PERMITS TO ALIENS – VILLANUEVA

There is a special provision in the proposed 2019 national budget that prohibits the Bureau of Immigration from issuing special work permits to aliens amid the influx of illegal foreign workers in the country, Senator Joel Villanueva said. In an ambush interview following the Senate hearing on the rise of foreign illegal workers in the […]

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BAN FOREIGN SEX OFFENDERS FROM TRAVELLING TO PH – PIMENTEL

Senator Koko Pimentel III has filed a bill that seeks to bar foreign sex offenders, including those whose names are listed in any sex offender registry, from traveling to the country. “To fully protect our vulnerable children from these sexual predators, this bill mandates the creation of a sex offender registration and notification program, allows […]

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I WILL CONTINUE PUSHING FOR CHANGE – GO

Senatorial candidate Bong Go has vowed to continue implementing change in the country’s leadership and society which was started by President Rodrigo Duterte as he wooed the female voters of Orani, Bataan. Bataan 1st District Rep. Geraldine Roman and her mother, former congresswoman Hermina Roman, led women at the Orani Sports Center in welcoming Go, […]

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PASS PROOF-OF-PARKING BILL TO EASE METRO MANILA TRAFFIC – GATCHALIAN

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for the passage of the proof-of-parking space bill as a possible solution to the traffic congestion in Metro Manila. Gatchalian said a number of bills have been filed in both chambers of Congress with the aim of decongesting Metro Manila’s traffic even without the granting of emergency powers. President Rodrigo […]

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NEW SSS LAW ENDS ‘PALAKASAN’ SYSTEM – GORDON

Republic Act 11199 or the SSS Act of 2019 would put an end to the “palakasan” system in the appointment of members of the governing board of the state pension fund, Senator Dick Gordon said. Gordon, chairman of the Senate Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises, said RA 11199 ushers in an era of […]

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INSTITUTIONALIZE 4Ps TO BREAK CYCLE OF POVERTY – ANGARA

Senator Sonny Angara said the government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program or the “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program” (4Ps) should be institutionalized to give millions of poor Filipinos a better chance at escaping poverty. Angara said the 12-year-old human development program, designed to keep children in school and keep them healthy, has been proven to be […]