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With the world commemorating World Blood Donors’ Day recently, Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), has renewed his call for more blood donors, reiterating the need for blood amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Gordon stressed the need for blood donors because as country faces a shortage of […]
Concerned about the 7.3 million Filipinos who lost their jobs amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Senator Dick Gordon is pushing for the use of bicycles to help create jobs. “That’s why I am pushing for bicycles. Sinabi ko they must be accompanied by infrastructural support because it would create jobs. Aside from that, […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for the acceleration of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) digital transformation as the education sector enters the ‘new normal’ in the time of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Gatchalian said that among the online services that should be expedited now are enrollment, payments, grades submissions, and parent-teacher meetings. “There is a […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan is asking the Senate to investigate the proliferation of fake Facebook accounts that use the identities of students, government officials, journalists, and other users, stressing that such online acts could imperil one’s security and privacy. In filing Senate Resolution 444, Pangilinan urged the appropriate Senate committee to conduct an inquiry to find […]
In anticipation of policies that would prohibit face-to-face learning in order to prevent a second wave of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, the Quirino provincial government on Tuesday launched online a webinar series to help parents adapt to home and online teaching methods that will be used by students in the coming schoolyear. According to Quirino […]
With Philippine unemployment rate posting a record-high 17.7% in April, Senator Kiko Pangilinan called on the government to focus on helping the millions of jobless Filipinos who were displaced by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “Tulungang mabigyan ng trabaho ang mga kababayan natin. Ito ang dapat pagtuunan ng pansin ng gobyerno at hindi ang anti-terror […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to step up efforts in hunting down online scammers who have proliferated during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) quarantine. Gatchalian said authorities should ramp up their online presence to safeguard Filipinos against online scams and other related cybercrimes. “Cyber criminals […]
With families of medical frontliners who died in the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) already starting to receive the P1-million assistance from the government, Senator Dick Gordon thanked the Department of Health (DOH) for immediately acting on the matter after he had revealed the delay in the release of the said assistance. Gordon made […]
The welfare of workers should be among the top priorities in creating a recovery plan for the country, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva, chairman of the Senate labor committee, lamented that in the past few months, workers’ welfare was glossed over as seen in the different policies and programs implemented by the government. “Tingi-tingi […]
In anticipation of policies that would prohibit face-to-face learning in order to prevent a second wave of Covid-19 infections, the Quirino provincial government on Tuesday launched online a webinar series to help parents adapt to home and online teaching methods that will be used by students in the coming schoolyear. According to Quirino Gov. Dax […]