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Senator Dick Gordon welcomed the signing into law by President Rodrigo Duterte of the SSS Act of 2019, which will rationalize and expand the powers and duties of the Social Security Commission (SSC) to ensure the long-term viability of the state pension fund. “This is a very welcome development. The law provides a sound, viable […]
Smoother traffic flow and a more vibrant economic activity in Las Piñas will follow once the city’s river drive project has been completed, Senator Cynthia Villar has assured. The Las Piñas River Drive from CAA road to C5 road project, which is an initiative of Villar, is a three-phase, 6.2-kilometer road project. The project is […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is urging government to direct more energy and resources towards improving the agriculture sector to help the country achieve inclusive growth and food security. “If we invest more on revitalizing the agriculture sector, we provide not only food stability for the country’s growing population, but also jobs and livelihoods for millions […]
Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Monday called on voters to use their “kokote” and vote for PDP-Laban President Koko Pimentel III, referring to the senator as the brains of her father, President Rodrigo Duterte at the Senate. Speaking at the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) rally in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, the the Davao mayor quoted the […]
With the first week of the election campaign in the books, Luntiang Pilipinas Party-list (Luntian PL) on Monday called on all senatorial candidates and party-list groups to ensure that their campaign organizations and supporters conduct a “clean-and-green” election campaign that would not negatively impact the environment. Luntian first nominee Michael Ubac said that based on […]
Retired Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Bato dela Rosa is confident he will get the votes of his mistahs (batchmates) at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA). “I don’t need to campaign among my fellow PMAers because they will surely vote for me. No matter how strong are their discouragements, the PMAers are not partisan but I know […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) and 2019 senatorial candidate Bong Go has sustained his strong showing in the senatorial race at the start of the formal campaign period. Go landed in the middle of the “Magic 12,” with a ranking of 6 to 12 in the Jan. 26-31, 2019 Pulse Asia survey. In […]
The Senate has ratified a measure establishing social welfare attachés in countries with high concentration of overseas Filipino workers, especially in the Middle East. Senator Joel Villanueva, chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, thanked his colleagues for the adoption of House Bill 8907 as an amendment to Senate Bill […]
With the gap in vaccination coverage in the country steadily widening since 2014 which contributed to the current measles outbreak in Metro Manila and in some parts of Luzon and the Visayas, Senator Dick Gordon is calling for urgent efforts to increase vaccination coverage. During the NDRRMC (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council) Response […]
In a bid to further reduce the out-of-pocket expenses related to education, Senator Sonny Angara is now pushing for a 5 percent discount on restaurants, medicines, textbooks and school supplies for poor students in all levels under a proposal aimed at encouraging more Filipino families to send their children to schools. Even with the implementation […]