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Senator Manny Pacquiao urged students in Bulacan to value education that will serve as their passport to a better future. “Keep learning and keep growing. Learn and never stop growing. Invest in yourself to invest in other people,” Pacquiao told the 4,000 students at the Scholars’ General Assembly at the Capitol Gymnasium in Malolos City, […]
Senator Win Gatchalian says he has already found the P54 billion needed to fund his bill raising the salaries of teachers by two salary grades. “Hindi po ba may vineto si Pangulong (Rodrigo)Duterte na P95 billion na pork barrel funds sa 2019 budget? Bakit hindi natin kunin ‘yong P54 billion doon para pondohan ang salary […]
Given the many benefits it brought to hog-raisers, sustainable pig farming (SPF) should be promoted among backyard and commercial raisers. “Since we started teaching farmers SPF, many already benefited from low feed cost, good quality meat and a more environment-friendly know-how of raising pigs,” Senator Cynthia Villar said. “Backyard hog-raising is one of the alternative […]
Senator Sonny Angara is urging the country’s defense and veterans’ affairs officials to consider coming out with documentaries about the exploits of our war heroes that have either been forgotten or have never been told. Currently, the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) has been undertaking efforts to inculcate love of country among children through its […]
Abusive taxi drivers may soon have their days numbered as Senator Win Gatchalian has filed a measure seeking to create a taxi passengers bill of rights against rude and unruly cab drivers. In filing Senate Bill No. 730, or the Bill of Rights of Taxi Passengers, Gatchalian explained that to address the problem of unruly […]
Senator Bong Go has bared that eight high-profile inmates are involved in illegal drug transactions inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City through the alleged “hospital referral pass for sale” scheme. “Most of these illegal drug transactions take place in Medical Ward 3, ng medical annex ng Building 14 and it involves several […]
Senator Dick Gordon, Chairman of the Senate Committees on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations (Blue Ribbon), and Justice and Human Rights said the recorded telephone conversation between Yolanda Camilon, witness on the alleged good conduct time allowance (GCTA) for sale racket at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), and Correctional Officer III Veronica Buño could […]
Filipinos are vulnerable to health issues at any age. But while the the country has the National Children’s Hospital to address the needs of the young, it does not have a counterpart for the nation’s close to nine million senior citizens. This, stressed Minority Leader and Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante Jr., is the […]
House Minority Leader and Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante Jr. on Wednesday reiterated that members of the Minority will be using the plenary debates on the 2020 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) to hammer out a pork-free, waste-free budget that would benefit the country’s 104 million citizens. On the second day of the marathon House […]
Twenty-one schools located across the country will serve as venues to teach farmer-trainors about farm mechanization and inbred seeds production. During the hearing of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, Senator Cynthia Villar identified the 21 schools where farmers can avail of free training courses on rice crop production, modern rice farming techniques, inbred seed […]