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Teaching personnel in state universities and colleges (SUCs) across the country will be able to receive this year part of their long-overdue salary adjustment with the approval of the 2019 national budget that included funding for job promotion, Senator Sonny Angara said. “The wait is over,” said Angara, vice chair of the Senate Committee on […]
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar credited former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go for the creation of Malasakit Centers in the country. “Mahigit 21 Malasakit Centers na po ang nabubuksan ni (former) Secretary Bong Go. Ang Malasakit Center ay one-stop shop sa mga taong kailangan ng gamot, kailangang magpagamot at […]
With the measles outbreak spreading to Luzon, Central and Eastern Visayas, Senator Dick Gordon, chairman of the Philippine Red Cross, called on parents to have their children vaccinated to stem the spread of the outbreak. “Sa mga magulang, wag natin isawalang-bahala ang kalusugan ng ating mga anak. Pabakunahan na natin sila bago pa lumalaganap ng […]
The Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill authorizing the use of the P207 billion Malampaya Fund to pay off the stranded contract costs and stranded debt of the National Power Corporation (Napocor). With the approval of Senate Bill No. 1950 (SBN 1950) or the Murang Kuryente Act, Senator Win Gatchalian said […]
Saying more Filipinos should be able to afford healthy and safe organic products, Senator Cynthia Villar urged her colleagues in the Senate to pass the bill that will provide for a more affordable system of organic certification. Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, sponsored Senate Bill No. 2203 under Committee Report No. […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III on Sunday repeated his call for the immediate creation of a national level Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFW). Pimentel said government cannot ignore the fact that almost one in every 11 Filipinos, is working overseas, and that their welfare should be fully ensured and protected at all times. “We’re talking […]
Senator Sonny Angara has urged newly confirmed Civil Service Commission (CSC) Commissioner Aileen Lizada to help improve gender balance in the bureaucracy by ensuring 50 percent female representation in government as envisioned in Republic Act 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women. Angara made the appeal during the plenary session of the Commission on Appointments […]
1-Ang Edukasyon Party list Rep. Bong Belaro has asked the Department of Education (DepEd) and Commission on Higher Education (Ched) on Thursday to direct all school heads to take precautions against measles for the health and safety of their students and faculty. “Schools can be hotspots of the spread of measles and other contagious diseases […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go called on parents and legal guardians to exercise responsibility when it comes to children under their care, in light of the approval of the House justice panel to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 15 years old to 12 years old. “Ako naman po […]
Senator Cynthia Villar said the rice tariffication bill will protect Filipino farmers from the influx of imported grains as a result of the removal of quantitative restriction. Villar, chair of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, said farmers were being misled by some groups who are against tariffication to protect their vested interests. “Unlike […]