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Food security has been proven critical during the country’s six-month-long coronavirus disease (COVID-19) related lockdowns, necessitating a significant increase for agriculture in the national government’s 2021 budget, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. “Naging malinaw nitong nakaraang mga quarantine na agrikultura pa rin ang magsasalba sa Pilipinas. Dahil sa mga quarantine, nakita ang pangangailangan sa isang maunlad […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has urged the government to restore the funding of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority’s (TESDA) scholarship programs to help displaced workers become more employable despite the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Villanueva explained that the agency’s capacity to provide training for displaced workers and OFWs was […]
The government is stepping up efforts to improve the quality of products and services produced in the country in order to boost demand, not only domestically, but globally with an increase in the budget of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in 2020. To carry out initiatives intended to support this effort, Senator Sonny […]
The Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee E chaired by Senator Win Gatchalian has grilled the Department of Energy (DOE) on the status of electrification in the country as the committee scrutinized the agency’s budget for 2020. Gatchalian pointed out during the budget hearing that the DOE has yet to submit its comprehensive strategy and rollout […]
Do we have enough doctors, dentists, nurses and midwives to serve our ‘kababayans’ who require medical attention throughout the country? Senator Sonny Angara is urging the Department of Health (DOH) to provide Congress with an inventory of all its medical personnel. “Tingin ko meron talaga dapat na running national inventory. Sa kaso ng DepEd (Department […]
Senator Bong Go expressed his “full support” for the proposed 2020 budget of the Department of Tourism (DOT) at the hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance recently. “I am one with the Department of Tourism and Secretary (Bernadette Romulo-Puyat) in their efforts to boost the country’s international appeal while safeguarding the interests of the […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is hiring 300 new traffic enforcers to help respond to the agency’s growing responsibilities and needs. MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago said the hiring is to meet the increasing necessity of a larger workforce for the MMDA and because of vacant positions left by sacked corrupt personnel. “Dagdag po talaga, […]
Senator Bong Go has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to prioritize the release of inmates on account of age, poor health condition and actual service of sentence taking into account existing laws. During the Senate hearing on the DOJ’s proposed 2020 budget, Go read a letter he wrote and addressed to Justice Secretary Menardo […]
House Minority Leader and Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante Jr. on Wednesday reiterated that members of the Minority will be using the plenary debates on the 2020 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) to hammer out a pork-free, waste-free budget that would benefit the country’s 104 million citizens. On the second day of the marathon House […]
Senator Cynthia Villar presided over the committee hearing looking into the status of the implementation of the law enacted to make sure that more assistance will be available for sugar farmers to boost the industry’s competitiveness. Villar, chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, said Republic Act 10659 or the Sugar Cane Industry Development […]