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Senator Sonny Angara has backed the price ceiling being implemented by the Department of Health (DOH) on some medicines, which he said will provide some degree of relief to the consumers, especially the poor. The DOH has recently included 120 medicines under the maximum retail price (MRP) scheme to help bring down the price of […]
Senators have expressed grief over the passing of former Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr., whose commitment to public service has helped shape the nation. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Pimentel was not only a great dissenter, but also a great builder. “While others sought comfort in numbers, Nene drew strength from his […]
Senators stood in unison to credit the leadership skills that their leader, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, has honed through the years and have earned for him the trust of the public. Senator Koko Pimentel III was quick to point out that the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) survey, which showed Sotto’s continued and unprecedented […]
A bill seeking to increase the hazard pay of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel in conflict areas, including civilian doctors and nurses has been filed in the Senate. Senator Manny Pacquiao has filed Senate Bill No. 970 seeking to increase the current P540 monthly hazard pay of AFP personnel in conflict areas […]
The Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship has formed a technical working group (TWG) to further study a bill seeking to regulate the parking rates in various establishments for all motor vehicles. Senator Win Gatchalian said the TWG would thresh out Senate Bill No. 745, or the Parking Fees Regulation Act, which proposes standardization […]
Senator Bong Go is encouraging whistleblowers to come forward and testify in the Senate. “We encourage all whistleblowers. Magsalita kayo. Kung gusto niyong tulungan ang Pilipinas na magbago, sabihin ninyo ang totoo, 100 percent, walang dagdag, walang kulang,” Go said in an ambush interview during his visit to fire victims in Bago Bantay in Quezon […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to go back to the drawing board and revisit its public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) amid its lukewarm reception from a majority of transport groups. Gatchalian, chairman of the Committee on Finance (Subcommittee E), made the call when he presided over the hearing of […]
The newly-constituted Senate committee that tackles tertiary, and technical-vocational education issues has begun public hearings into proposals to expand benefits for personnel in state universities and colleges (SUCs). At the hearing, stakeholders welcomed proposals to provide healthcare benefits for teaching and non-teaching SUC personnel, and in-campus housing for faculty members, two measures authored and pursued […]
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 Senate Committee on Civil Service, Government Reorganization, and Professional Regulation, led by its chairman, Sen. Bong Revilla, and the Senate Committee on Finance have jointly approved Comm. Report No. 13 which seeks to institutionalize the night shift differential pay of government employees. SBN 643, filed and sponsored by Revilla, seeks to grant night shift […]