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VAXXED TEACHERS FOR FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES URGED

With the government now pushing through with pilot face-to-face classes in 120 public and private schools, Deputy Speaker Benny Abante Jr. is urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to tap teachers that have already been fully vaccinated for the said program “to help ensure the safety of the students, the teaching personnel, and their respective […]

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ABANTE: RETHINK OPERATION OF CASINOS IN BORACAY

As developers get ready to pursue plans to build casinos in Boracay, a House leader has appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to reconsider his directive to allow casino operations in the country’s top tourist destination. In a letter addressed to the President received by Malacañang on September 3, Deputy Speaker Benny Abante Jr. urged the […]

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ABANTE URGES DUQUE TO ‘SPARE PALACE’ AND RESIGN

When it comes to government officials, it is one’s performance in the present that matters, not one’s past. This according to Deputy Speaker Benny Abante Jr., who on Friday said that “leaders in government should be held accountable for their actions today––not what they did years ago––especially when it comes to dealing with the COVID-19 […]