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Senator Win Gatchalian is eyeing an oversight review on the challenges hounding the Teacher Education Council. The Teacher Education Council was established in 1994 through Republic Act No. 7784 to strengthen the education and training of the country’s teachers. One of the Council’s major functions is designing collaborative programs or projects that will enhance pre-service […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has proposed twin measures for the long-term benefit of the country’s 10 million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), quite a number of whom remain stranded in Metro Manila or in their host-countries because of the failure of the concerned agencies to repatriate them at once in the midst of the coronavirus-induced health […]
Quezon City Rep. Precious Castelo today urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) against COVID-19 to arrange for the immediate repatriation of up to 16,000 stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are ready to go home. Based on testimonies given to the House committee on public accounts on Friday, Castelo said these OFWs “have plane tickets, […]
Alarmed by reports that a growing number of persons are abusing the discounts granted to persons with disabilities (PWD) under the law, Senator Sonny Angara wants an inquiry into the proliferation of these fraudulently-issued PWD identification cards. As one of the authors and sponsor of Republic Act 10754 or the law expanding the benefits and […]
As the number of jobless Filipinos because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to rise, Senator Dick Gordon is urging the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to help them get back on their feet by offering loan programs they can use to start their own businesses. During the hearing of the Senate Committee on […]
Schools are once again going to have Good Manners and Right Conduct classes, as Republic Act 11476, or the GMRC and Values Education Act, was signed into law recently. “The signing of the GMRC and Values Education Act is really timely, and I want to thank the President for his swift action on this important […]
House Minority Leader Benny Abante Jr. on Thursday urged the government to “slam the brakes on its jeepney modernization plan” while the whole country is reeling from the effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, as he appealed to transport policymakers to come up with a “coherent, comprehensive plan” that will allow jeepney drivers to […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the National Council Against Child Labor (NCLC) to intensify its crackdown on child labor as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic threatens to send millions of children and their families to poverty. Gatchalian made this call after the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned that […]
To help the overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who were repatriated after losing their jobs abroad, Senator Sonny Angara reminded the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to fulfill its mandate of providing them with low-interest loans, which they can use to restart their lives again here in the country. As the sponsor of Republic Act 10801 […]
With the UNICEF warning that at least 2 million Filipino children below 2 years old who may miss out on vaccinations this year amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could be vulnerable to an outbreak of diseases preventable by vaccine, Senator Dick Gordon stressed the need to boost the country’s capability to develop its own vaccines. […]