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I’LL WORK DOUBLE TIME TO PASS ABANDONED, NEGLECTED CHILDREN TRUST FUND BILL – REVILLA

Senator Bong Revilla was elated to hear that the House Committee on the Welfare of Children successfully passed the counterpart of his bill on the Special Trust Fund for every Abandoned, Neglected and Voluntarily Committed Children. Revilla also re-affirmed his commitment in working double time to pass the Senate version of the bill (S. No. […]

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HOUSE PANEL APPROVES BILL CREATING TRUST FUND FOR ORPHANED, ABANDONED KIDS – SPEAKER CAYETANO

The House Committee on the Welfare of Children chaired by Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez (Party-list, TINGOG SINIRANGAN) approved recently bills authored by House Speaker Alan Peter “Compañero” Cayetano, in consolidation with HBs 4218 and 5175 authored by Reps. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado (1st District, Bulacan) and Florencio Noel (Party-list, AN WARAY), respectively. The measure seeks to […]

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CREATE SOUP KITCHENS, FOOD BANKS TO COMBAT HUNGER, MALNUTRITION – VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva is pushing for the creation of food banks and soup kitchens nationwide to combat hunger and malnutrition in the country. In filing Senate Bill No. 344 or “Pagkain Para sa Lahat Act,” Villanueva expressed hope that surplus food produced by restaurants, food manufacturers and other food establishments will not go to waste […]

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UNITE FOR CHILD RIGHTS, WELFARE – POE

Sen. Grace Poe rallied the Filipinos to be united when it concerns child rights and welfare as she hailed the signing of the implementing rules and regulations (IRRs) of two child-friendly laws. “When it comes to child rights and welfare, isang bansa po tayo,” Poe said in a speech at the ceremonial signing of the […]

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P6,000 ANNUAL STIPEND TO SENIOR CITIZENS WILL CONTINUE – ANGARA

The government will sustain its “indigent senior pension program” with a P23.18-billion allocation next year that will grant 3.8 million senior citizens a P6,000 annual stipend each, Sen. Sonny Angara said.  On top of this is a P3,600 annual assistance from the “Unconditional Cash Transfer” (UCT) fund, a three-year “safety net” program for “economically vulnerable […]

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DAR TO NFA: LOWER RICE PRICES TO P27 PER KILO

Agriculture Secretary William Dar has ordered the National Food Authority (NFA) to bring down rice prices to P27 per kilo by flooding Metro Manila markets with 3.6 million bags of the staple grain.  Dar also directed the agency to increase palay support price to P19 from P17 per kilo. “The NFA Council (NFAC) met and […]

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VILLAR TO DSWD: BUY RICE FROM LOCAL FARMERS FOR 4Ps RICE SUBSIDY

Senator Cynthia Villar has asked the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to revisit a proposal raised last year to provide actual rice to the beneficiaries of the government’s conditional cash transfer program and buy rice from local farmers. Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, said “DSWD can help ease difficulties […]

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FULLY AND STRICTLY IMPLEMENT LAWS EMPOWERING PWDs – ANGARA

Senator Sonny Angara has called for the full implementation of laws aimed at empowering persons with disabilities (PWDs) with social protection and economic support. “We have enough laws protecting PWDs, and all that needs to be done is to fully and strictly implement these laws so that we can eliminate the barriers that prevent them […]

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PIMENTEL TO DUTERTE: APPOINT A NEW DSWD SECRETARY

Amid the mass evacuation of nearly 200,000 residents from flooded low-lying areas in Luzon, Senator Koko Pimentel III is urging President Rodrigo Duterte to appoint a new secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Pimentel said the government’s flagship poverty-alleviation program, which has a budget of P89 billion for 2018, “needs a […]