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P1K MONTHLY PENSION FOR SENIORS GETS SENATE OK

Re-elected Senator Joel Villanueva fulfills one of his campaign promises as Senate Bill No. 2506 which proposes a P500 increase in the monthly social pension for indigent senior citizens is passed on third reading in the Senate. “This is a huge blessing as we have already fulfilled one of our campaign promises even before our […]

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DON’T ERASE MEMORIES OF HEROES, SAYS GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to reconsider its plan to replace the country’s World War II heroes in the P1,000 banknote with the Philippine Eagle, a move that he says would erase our heroes from the consciousness of future generations and deny their rightful place in history. “We should […]

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VILLANUEVA TO GOV’T: CONSIDER ANOTHER WAGE HIKE

Senator Joel Villanueva urges government to consider the possibility of another wage hike and study the supervening conditions that would justify such an increase. Villanueva, chair of the Senate committee on labor, employment, and human resources development, made the call in response to the statement of Labor Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunzad III that the Regional Tripartite […]