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With 18 affirmative votes, the Senate passed on third reading a bill declaring the Balanga Wetland and Nature Park (BWNP) as a responsible, community-based ecotourism zone. Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and principal sponsor of Senate Bill 2228, thanked her colleagues in the Senate for seeing the importance […]
In celebration of the “Month of Ocean” this May, Senator Loren Legarda called on national and local leaders and citizens to help save the oceans from plastic pollution by implementing ecological solid waste management practices within households and communities. Legarda said the “Month of Ocean” is annually celebrated in May by virtue of Presidential Proclamation […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for the amendment of the 1991 Foreign Investments Act (FIA) in a bid to provide a renewed boost to the entry of foreign direct investments (FDI) into the country and stimulate job creation. Senate Bill No. 2227, sponsored by Gatchalian, seeks to amend certain provisions of the FIA to “take […]
The congressional bicameral conference committee has approved a measure that would grant restaurant and hotel employees 100 percent access to service charges collected from customers. Senator Joel Villanueva, chair of the Senate committee on labor, employment and human resources development, said the bicam panel agreed to adopt Senate Bill 1299, which proposes that restaurant and […]
Reelected Senator Cynthia Villar was among the awardees at Rotary Club of Manila’s (RCM) 15th Tourism Awards held at the New World Hotel in Makati City. The RCM headed by president Jesus Pineda and Director Bobby Joseph, recognized Villar for “the development and promotion of farm tourism which led to the promotion of economic growth […]
Senator-elect Bong Go recently visited 285 families who were affectes by a fire at the Olivarez Compound, Olivarez Homes South, Barangay Santo Tomas in Biñan, Laguna. With a total of 170 houses destroyed by the fire, the victims are now staying at the Olivarez South Covered Court which now serves as their evacuation center. Go […]
A total of 11 senators have signed a committee report proposing an increase in excise taxes on tobacco products in a bid to reduce smoking among Filipinos and to generate additional funding for the government’s Universal Health Care (UHC) program. The proposal was contained in Committee Report No. 714 prepared by the Senate committee on […]
The Senate has approved on third and final reading a measure seeking to grant Solar Para sa Bayan Corporation (SPSB Corp.) a renewable energy distribution franchise. With 16 affirmative votes, no negative votes, and one abstention, the upper chamber approved on third reading House Bill 8179, granting the SPSB Corp. a 25-year franchise to construct, […]
Leyte First District Rep. Martin Romualdez has informed President Rodrigo Duterte of his plan to run for House Speaker and to complete the President’s unfinished legislative agenda, stressing last week at a media forum that the House Speaker must share the President’s vision in order to properly lead the administration coalition in the House. “When […]
Senator Cynthia Villar retained her ranking as the richest member of the Senate based on her 2018 statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN). Villar’s declared net worth as of Dec. 31, 2018 was pegged at P3,719,941,858 with zero liabilities. She was followed by Senator Manny Pacquiao, who reported a net worth of P3,005,808,000. […]