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As Congress resumes its session, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a measure seeking the postponement of the holding of the May 2020 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to December 5, 2022. Voting 194-6-0, the lower chamber approved House Bill 4933, which seeks to move the barangay and SK polls […]
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a priority measure which seeks to extend the availability of some portions of the 2019 budget until December 31, 2020. With 199 affirmative votes, zero negative votes, and no abstention, the lower chamber adopted House Joint Resolution No. 19 seeking to extend the availability […]
Following the series of strong and destructive earthquakes that hit different areas in Mindanao, Senator Dick Gordon immediately requested the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) to release significant data to educate the public on the condition of the stricken areas. In a letter addressed to PHIVOLCS Director Dr. Renato U. Solidum Jr., Gordon […]
Staying true to his commitment to personally listen to the plight of disaster-stricken Filipinos wherever they are in the country, Senator Bong Go visited and assisted fire victims in Sitio Ambulong, Barangay Manocmanoc, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan recently where he distributed financial and food assistance to them. “Pumupunta ako sa mga nasunugan kasi nais kong […]
Following the plea by the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom)for the declaration of a national emergency on teenage pregnancy, Senator Win Gatchalian seeks a Senate inquiry on how to strengthen the comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) approach and curb teenage pregnancies in the Philippines. Gatchalian laments the fact that despite the passage of the Reproductive […]
Senator Cynthia Villar has welcomed the approval on third reading of the joint resolution directing government agencies to purchase the rice needs of the 4.1 million beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from local farmers. With a unanimous vote of 21, senators voted to adopt Joint Resolution No. 8, which authorizes the use […]
A bill seeking to establish a disaster-resilient, climate change-adaptive evacuation center in between every two or three contiguous barangays nationwide has been recently filed at the House of Representatives. Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Zarate filed House Bill 5259 following the 6.6 magnitude earthquake that rocked many parts of Mindanao. “It is imperative that evacuation centers […]
A party-list lawmaker said the call of the Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) to stop buying local pork to contain the spread of the African swine fever (ASF) virus is “misinformed” as it would only hurt the hog-raising industry. Magsasaka Party-list Representative Argel Cabatbat said the industry group should be reminded that there […]
The 48th Malasakit Center in the country opened at the Compostela Valley Provincial Hospital (CVPH)-Montevista in Bangkerohan Sur, Montevista. Senator Bong Go led the opening of the facility, which is a one-stop-shop housing representatives from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) and the […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to deploy more social welfare attachés to provide assistance to distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Angara said the DSWD should fill up the five vacant posts for social welfare attachés in Jordan, Lebanon, South Korea, Italy, and the United Arab Emirates, […]