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Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel on Tuesday called the Senate’s ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change “a significant step forward in our country’s efforts to address climate change and bequeath a livable world to our children and their children.” Voting 22-0, the Senate voted to ratify the Paris Agreement after President Rodrigo Duterte […]
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said on Tuesday that mining firms behind the destabilization campaign against President Rodrigo Duterte were “getting desperate” and should instead refocus their energies and resources on complying with the environmental laws governing their industry. According to Pimentel, “the President has once again shown that he will not hesitate to […]
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has enjoined the country’s municipal and city councilors to support the national movement for a federal state, saying that it would take time before the change in the form of government would be realized. But while the proposal is fast gaining ground with support from various groups, led by […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is championing a landmark measure before the Senate that seeks to invest PHP 1 billion in the establishment of a long term national strategy to usher in a golden age of Philippine economic development and progress, with innovation as its driving force. “On the whole, what this legislation intends to achieve is […]
The Senate approved today on third and final reading a landmark bill that would help accelerate universal access to tertiary education by providing tuition subsidies and financial assistance to students in state universities and colleges (SUCs) and private higher learning and vocational institutions. Senate Bill No. 1304 or the “Free Higher Education for All Act” […]
MANILA – Senators on Wednesday night finished examining Sen. Francis Pangilinan’s coco levy trust fund bill, moving the measure closer to becoming a law with the end of the period of interpellation. “Umaasa tayo na ma-ipapasa natin ang Coco Levy Trust Fund measure sa third and final reading bago matapos ang first regular session […]
Senator Loren Legarda today underscored the important role climate finance institutions play in building low-carbon and sustainable infrastructure that will support the climate change mitigation targets of climate vulnerable nations such as the Philippines. “Climate-vulnerable countries such as the Philippines fought to enshrine a 1.5 degrees Celsius global warming limit in the Paris Agreement not […]
“If we value our children then we should prioritize the welfare of those who care for them.” These were the sentiments of Laguna 3rd District Rep. Sol Aragones, who called on her colleagues to finally pass the Magna Carta of Daycare Workers, which would put an end to “endo” daycare workers and require that they […]
Citing statistics that show that teenage pregnancies in the Philippines remain disturbingly high, Laguna 3rd District Rep. Sol Aragones has filed a bill that would require the adoption of a national program that would curb teenage pregnancies in the country. Aragones filed HB 4742, or the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2017, that seeks […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on the government to intensify programs that promote the participation and equitable representation of women particularly in the policy-making processes in government as well as in the military and police force. Angara, during his days in the Lower House, was one of the authors of the Magna Carta of Women […]