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GIVE TEACHERS VACCINATION PRIORITY — GATCHALIAN

Aside from economic recovery, the learning recovery of more than 25 million learners in the basic education sector is also at stake in the timely rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, Senator Win Gatchalian said. According to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, the safe reopening of schools should be a […]

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BULAKENYOS REMEMBER EX-SEN. BLAS OPLE – FERNANDO

Bulakenyos paid tribute to one of the province’s illustrious sons—the late former Senate president and Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas F. Ople during the commemoration of his 94th birth anniversary at Gat Blas F. Ople building in Malolos City recently. Governor Daniel Fernando and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III led the offering of flowers at the […]

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SENATE OKS BILL REAPPORTIONING RIZAL 2ND DISTRICT

The Senate, with a vote of 23 affirmative, zero negative and zero abstention, approved on third and final reading the bill reapportioning the second district of Rizal into three legislative districts. House Bill No. 6222 aims to retain part of the second district of Rizal, composed of the Municipalities of Cardona, Baras, Tanay, Morong, Jalajala, […]

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GO AFTER FOOD PRICE MANIPULATORS – PANGILINAN

Putting a cap on prices of food during a lack of supply is ineffective, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said pushing the government to go after the food price manipulators that Agriculture Secretary William Dar exposed at the Senate hearing. “Dapat sampulan ang nagsasamantala. Sa ilalim ng Price Act, hanggang 1 milyong piso ang maaring multa sa […]

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PRC, SM PARTNER FOR DRIVE-THRU SALIVA TESTING

To make Saliva RT-PCR testing more accessible, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) partnered with SM Supermalls (SCMC) as they opened drive-thru saliva RT-PCR collection sites in SM megamall and SM Mall of Asia. A ceremonial signing of the memorandum of agreement was held attended by PRC Chairman and CEO Senator Dick Gordon, PRC Secretary General […]

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GATCHALIAN: PROBE BANKS VIOLATING DEBT MORATORIUM

Expressing concern over the reported non-compliance of some banks to the debt moratorium, Senator Win Gatchalian called on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to investigate erring banks and make sure that they comply with the provisions under the Bayanihan 1 and 2 laws. As the country’s regulator of the banking industry, the BSP is […]

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PLARIDEL READY TO STORE COVID-19 VACCINE – VISTAN

As the country gears up for the arrival of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines which need to be stored at low temperature, the local government of Plaridel, Bulacan inspected a cold storage facility where the vaccines will be kept. Mayor Tessie Vistan, together with other officials of the Municipal Inter-Agency Task Force Against COVID-19, visited […]

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2K DAVAO CITY WORKERS GETS AID FROM PULONG DUTERTE

Over 2,000 beneficiaries received livelihood assistance during the continuation of the “Livelihood Assistance and Anti-Drug Campaign Caravan 2021” of 1st District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte.Duterte’s office said the caravan’s beneficiaries received P15,000 cash each through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). “We have a hard time fishing because of the pandemic and the financial […]

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PHILRECA TO HELP IN CRACKDOWN VS POWER THIEVES

The Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc. (PHILRECA) has assured the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) of the electric cooperatives’ (ECs) full cooperation in its efforts to apprehend violators of Republic Act 7832 or the Anti-Pilferage Act of 1994. PHILRECA president and party-list Rep. Presley De Jesus acknowledged that theft or pilferage […]

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VILLAFUERTE WELCOMES CREATE BILL RATIFICATION

Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte has welcomed the congressional ratification of the consolidated bill on the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE), which, he said, would help accelerate the recovery of the Philippine economy from the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic. A co-author of this long-due economic reform measure, Villafuerte pointed out […]