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A veteran lawmaker at the House of Representatives said Congress has the mandate to act on the franchise renewal of broadcast giant ABS-CBN. Laguna Representative Sol Aragones said while she respects the decision of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to file a quo warranto petition asking the Supreme Court to revoke the legislative franchise […]
Congress is mandated do determine whether legislative franchises should be approved or not, and it should be given the opportunity to do so in the case of ABS-CBN. This was the gist of a statement issued by Laguna 3rd District Rep. Sol Aragones on Tuesday after the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) filed a […]
Following the results of a global survey that revealed low math and science proficiency scores among Filipino high school students, Senator Win Gatchalian is calling anew for the establishment of a public math and science high school in every province. According to Gatchalian, the results of the global Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018, […]
As the Senate probes the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, Senator Dick Gordon stressed that Philippine foreign policy must be dictated by the nation’s needs and pointed out that national security is what “ultimately matters.” “Is it a national interest to abolish the VFA at this point in time? […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is calling on Filipinos to help support the country’s local tourism industry as he expects the temporary travel ban on mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau amid the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)threat to hurt the tourism sector. Gatchalian said avoiding trips abroad can also help contain the spread of the virus which experts […]
Senator Dick Gordon filed a Senate resolution “Honoring and Remembering Gabino “Gaby” De Guzman Tabuñar, Jr. for His Exemplary and Outstanding Contribution to Journalism and Press Freedom”. Senate Resolution No. 317 states that Tabuñar, who passed away Feb. 4 due to pneumonia, “was a proponent of honest and accurate journalism exemplifying the highest ideals of […]
Not only does telecommuting spare workers the need to leave their houses to report for work, it likewise minimizes the risk of contracting the 2019 novel Coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019 nCoV-ARD), Senator Joel Villanueva said. Villanueva urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to encourage the private sector to consider implementing telecommuting work […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has filed a resolution seeking an inquiry into the state of basic education in the Philippines, especially in the context of the global survey 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2018). According to Gatchalian, the inquiry is not a mere post-mortem of the Filipino students’ dismal performance in the global study. […]
Concerned about national interest, Senator Dick Gordon pointed to the possibility of China tapping into the dark fiber assets owned by the National Transmission Corp. (TransCo) and managed by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to tap into conversations in the country. Gordon noted that the NGCP now appears to be run by […]
Senator Sonny Angara has filed a bill to increase the bed capacity of the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City from the current 600 to 1,000. A tertiary hospital under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health (DOH), the EAMC is constantly operating at overcapacity so in order to accommodate more patients in need of […]