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Senator Koko Pimentel III on Wednesday expressed satisfaction that President Rodrigo Duterte “did the proper thing and further heightened the fight against corruption” by signing Republic Act 11239, the measure abolishing the Road Board, a graft-ridden agency tasked with supervising the road user’s tax, officially known as the motor vehicle user’s charge (MVUC). Abolishing the […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and Universal Robina Corp. (URC) signed a P5 million program to boost the country’s potato industry. In a ceremonial planting of potatoes at the remote village of Balutakay, Bansalan, Davao del Sur, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said under the partnership, URC will provide high quality Granola potato seeds from Canada, […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go urged the so-called narco-politicians to either clean up their act or submit evidence to clear their names. “Para po sa mga nabanggit na opisyales, mas makabubuti kung kusang-loob kayong makipagtulungan sa mga awtoridad,” Go said. “Kung iginigiit naman ninyong wala kayo talagang kinalaman sa illegal na […]
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and senatorial bets of the ruling Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) backed the exposé of local officials in the narco list, saying it would help voters choose their right leaders. Mayor Duterte believes that a vote for a candidate should be a personal decision based on a voter’s […]
Saying it is time to take a bite out of crimes, especially those brazenly committed by motorcycle-riding criminals, Senator Dick Gordon hailed the enactment into law of Republic Act 11235 or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act. “I thank the President for signing my proposed measure into law. This law aims to stop criminals from perpetrating […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said every barangay in the country should have a birthing facility to help reduce the risk of maternal and infant deaths. “There should be a safe and sustainable birth center in every barangay to give mothers and their children access to health care providers without breaking the bank,” said the seasoned […]
“If you produce the garbage, you deal with it––you do not dump in on your neighbor’s front yard.” This, according to Luntiang Pilipinas Party-list first nominee Michael Ubac, is the logic behind calls to prohibit the importation of plastic waste and for the government to ratify amendments to the Basel Convention, an international treaty that […]
A party-list group vying for a seat in Congress this May welcomed what it called the “timely intervention” of Malacañang in efforts to finish the resettlement housing projects for the thousands of families affected by Typhoon Yolanda. “It is the LGUs that are on the ground making sure that their constituents benefit from these programs.” […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said government should pay teachers better if it wants to improve the quality of education in public schools. “Quality education begins with quality teachers. And to have good quality teachers in our public schools we need to pay them well,” Angara said, as he reiterated his appeal to the government to […]
Senatorial candidate Bong Go said he supports the call for the reimposition of the death penalty for heinous crimes in the wake of the brutal mutilation and murder of Grade 9 student Christine Lee Silawan in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Go condemned the killing of Silawan, a resident of Barangay Mactan in the city. Silawan was […]