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Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles is calling on his colleagues at the House of Representatives to pass at the soonest time possible, a bill that seeks to improve public transportation across the country. Nograles said the Magna Carta of Commuters aims to address the inequality that has arisen from decades of failure to implement […]
The government’s emergency repatriation fund lodged in the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) amounting to P65 million should be tapped to finance the mandatory evacuation of Filipino workers and migrants in the Middle East as tensions heighten between Iran and the United States, Senator Joel Villanueva said. Villanueva, chair of the Senate Committee on Labor, […]
While the Department of Energy (DOE) awaits Malacanang’s reply on its submitted nuclear policy, Senator Win Gatchalian said the agency should make public its report on the country’s nuclear power infrastructure integrated work plan. The government concluded a week-long discussion in November last year with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which gave its Integrated […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) deployed 47 ambulances along the route of the procession of the Black Nazarene for Traslacion 2020. Apart from ambulances, PRC chair and CEO, Senator Dick Gordon said the Red Cross also deployed three of its boats, an amphibian, and other rescue vehicles for emergency cases. “Our objective is to ensure […]
Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said the bill proposing the creation of a department for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will be of utmost priority in the House of Representatives upon resumption of session. Cayetano stressed the need to create a separate department that would solely focus on the protection and welfare of OFWs, especially amid the […]
The Senate is ready to heed President Rodrigo Duterte’s request for Congress to convene a special session amid the escalating tensions in the Middle East, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said. “If ever the President will request for a special session for the need to pass a supplemental budget to help repatriate our kababayans (countrymen) from […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has once again pressed for the immediate issuance of the Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR) for the “Murang Kuryente Act,” saying the delay denies ordinary Filipinos access to cheap electricity. The law was created to make electricity more affordable to consumers by removing the National Power Corporation’s (NPC) stranded debts and costs (Universal […]
Senator Dick Gordon has described Republic Act 11459 or the Judges-At-Large Act of 2019, which the Supreme Court is set to implement, as a game-changer that will improve the country’s judicial system as it would decongest trial court dockets across the country and ensure the speedy administration of justice.Republic Act 11459, of which Gordon was […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to ensure that all 118 local universities and colleges (LUCs) in the country become eligible to offer free tuition under the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act of 2017 (Republic Act 10931), a move that provides free quality tertiary education. CHED had recently […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III is urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to closely monitor world oil prices as tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate. “The DOE should strictly watch the oil price movement globally, especially with respect to Philippine sources of crude oil. Crude prices keep surging and it could batter […]