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Among the top 10 provinces in the Philippines, Rizal has the fewest number of representatives in the House of Representatives, with only four legislators representing close to 2.9 million Rizaleños. This, argues Rizal Second District Rep. Fidel Nograles, is the rationale behind his proposal to split Rizal’s second legislative district into three separate districts, “to […]
For most individuals, hitting the age of 60 means enjoying the rest of your life, free from work and stress. But not everyone is as lucky. Citing a study by the Coalition of Services of the Elderly, Senator Sonny Angara noted that more than half of the country’s senior citizens do not receive any form […]
As one of his priority legislations for the 18th Congress, Senator Win Gatchalian filed a bill seeking to increase the salaries of public school teachers in elementary and secondary schools with the rank of Teacher I, Teacher II, and Teacher III. Gatchalian’s Senate Bill No. 178 increases the salary grade of public school teachers currently […]
Government has opened the country’s 37th Malasakit Center at the Ormoc District Hospital in Leyte to extend medical assistance to the underprivileged. Senator Bong Go led the launching of the facility, more than a year after the first Malasakit Center was launched at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City in February 2018. […]
Senator Sonny Angara has filed a bill that seeks to increase the salaries of public school teachers – a move that dovetails with the promise of President Rodrigo Duterte – to the country’s 800,000 public school mentors that it will be their turn to get salary increases following the ones given to soldiers and police […]
The priority bills filed by Senator Win Gatchalian for the 18th Congress reflect his legislative agenda: lower the cost of electricity in the country and improve the quality of education. “We wanted to have a well-rounded legislative agenda in this Congress that focuses on our advocacies: increase the spending power of our consumers by lowering […]
“Walang dapat maging squatter sa sariling bayan” (There should be no squatters in their own country). In an effort to curb homelessness and improve the delivery of housing services to poor Filipinos, Senator Bong Go has filed a bill that aims to provide continuous funding support for a large scale pro-poor housing program in the […]
Antique Lone District Representative Loren Legarda is urging all Antiqueños to have “malasakit” (concern) as the mantra for their province. Legarda recently took her oath of office, together with other political leaders of the province, at the Evelio B. Javier Freedom Park in San Jose de Buenavista. “Malasakit or pag-ulikid in the Antique dialect is […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III said the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) is open to the term-sharing of the speakership post at the House of Representatives for the 18th Congress. Pimentel, president of the ruling party, noted however that the term-sharing arrangement would only be amenable if Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco will hold […]
Funds allocated for Republic Act 11223 or the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act must be checked to make sure that these are being spent properly before its full implementation, said Senator Sonny Angara, who also noted with dismay the various scams hounding the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). As one of the authors of the […]