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Following a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that rocked Mindanao recently, several House members are urging the swift passage of a bill creating a government agency that will specifically deal with disasters and other calamities in the country. Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco said there is now an immediate need for the passage of the administration’s version […]
The Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee E chaired by Senator Win Gatchalian has grilled the Department of Energy (DOE) on the status of electrification in the country as the committee scrutinized the agency’s budget for 2020. Gatchalian pointed out during the budget hearing that the DOE has yet to submit its comprehensive strategy and rollout […]
Senator Bong Go said he will suggest to President Rodrigo Duterte that barangay officials be given cash incentives in December, pending the passage of a bill that proposes fixed salaries and benefits for them. “I will suggest to President Duterte that our barangay officials be given cash incentives this December while we await the passage […]
After conducting an ocular inspection of the New Clark City Sports Complex, Senate Committee on Sports Chair Bong Go said the P13-billion project is ready for the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games that the Philippines will be hosting. “As planned and promised, the construction of the sports complex is right on schedule. It will no […]
With mass transportation still proving to be a problem for many Filipinos, Senator Sonny Angara has proposed to make the operations of ‘habal-habal’ or motorcycles-for-hire legal. Angara has filed Senate Bill 1025 or Motorcycles-for-hire Act, which seeks to classify motorcycles-for-hire or two-wheeled vehicles as public transportation, amending the Land Transportation and Traffic Code. The Code […]
The chairman of the Senate Energy Committee is pushing for a measure that proposes to restructure the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) into a pure oil and gas exploration firm. Senator Win Gatchalian made the statement following the suspension of PNOC Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) president and chief executive officer (CEO) Pedro Aquino for approving an […]
Senators stood in unison to credit the leadership skills that their leader, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, has honed through the years and have earned for him the trust of the public. Senator Koko Pimentel III was quick to point out that the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) survey, which showed Sotto’s continued and unprecedented […]
Immediately after conducting his inspection of the New Clark City sports hub, Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has declared that the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Committee (PHISGOC) Foundation, Inc., the organizing committee of the 30th SEA Games, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) are 100% ready to host the SEA Games […]
The Senate Committee on Energy will take another look at the possible reason preventing the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) from going public. Senator Win Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, stressed that the initial public offering (IPO) of NGCP, which is mandated under the law, is now long overdue as […]
Senator Bong Go during a Senate health committee hearing, has vowed to stop the illegal practice of detaining or refusing discharge of patients from confinement for their inability to settle their hospital bills. The public hearing took up Senate Bill (SB) No. 166 filed by Senator Risa Hontiveros which increases the penalties against institutions continuing […]