IKOT.PH
The Senate adopted a resolution commending the 10 outstanding Filipinos recently awarded by Metrobank Foundation for achieving a level of excellence over and above their mandates and responsibilities in the professions and in their lives. In his sponsorship speech for Senate Resolution No. 846, Senator Sonny Angara enjoined his fellow senators to recognize this year’s […]
Senator Cynthia Villar commended the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for the arrest of a scammer who used her name to swindle money from a senior overseas Filipino worker. Operatives of NBI Anti-Organized and Transnational Crime Division arrested Lana dela Cruz, 33, in an entrapment after she posed as a staff of Villar and sold […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III topped the senatorial slate of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go statistically tied at second place. Pimentel, Mayor Duterte and Go were ranked as the “top three” in a survey conducted among 184 party […]
House Appropriations Committee chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Sunday said he was not expecting any surprises in the days leading up to his 42nd birthday—until Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Thursday endorsed the three-term legislator for senator during the 49th Charter Day celebration of Mandaue City, an event hosted by Mandaue City […]
There is a need to instill a culture of planning in the formulation and implementation of the country’s economic and development policies. Senator Win Gatchalian made this call as he led the public hearing on Senate Bill (SB) 1938 or the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Act of 2018, which aims to institutionalize the […]
Senator Sonny Angara has vowed to push for the funding of the medical scholarship program to address the shortage of doctors in the country. For this school year, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has allocated P250 million to subsidize the tuition of medical students in eight state universities and colleges (SUCs). For next school […]
Senator Cynthia Villar said the Department of Agriculture (DA) should rethink its policy of importation, stressing the danger it poses to the livelihood of small farmers and fisherfolk. The seasoned legislator made this statement after the Department of Agriculture approved the importation of 17,000 metric tons of galunggong (round scad) from China, in a bid […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III on Monday said he was planning on summoning officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to explain and account for the “slower movement and longer delays” in the release of merchandise arriving at the Port of Manila, additionally noting that the port’s inefficiency is causing the economy billions of pesos in […]
In line with his proposal that the country’s diplomatic service should train and become experts on the countries that they are posted to, Senator Dick Gordon has proposed the allocation of additional budget to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Gordon said the members of the diplomatic service are not only the country’s representatives, but […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on airport authorities to look into the compliance of air carriers with the air passenger bill of rights which guarantees compensation for cancelled flights following the Xiamen Airways plane mishap at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) runway. “While our primary goal is to prevent such NAIA runway incident from […]