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Senator Chiz Escudero said that House Speaker Martin Romualdez cannot feign ignorance about the Lower Chamber-led signature drive to amend the Constitution as he offered a video of the House leader in which the latter announced plans that they will pursue the people’s initiative (PI) to change the Charter. In that video, taken on December […]
Senator Chiz Escudero has welcomed the creation of a blacklisting committee in the Department of Agriculture (DA), saying the latest action made by Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. goes well with the anti-corruption campaign and other reforms he is initiating in the organization. In a media interview recently, Escudero expressed confidence in the leadership of […]
Senator Chiz Escudero wants power firms responsible for the latest Panay Island-wide power outage penalized for their inefficiency that caused business losses and opportunities in the affected cities and municipalities in Western Visayas. Escudero called on the Department of Energy and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to summon the officials of the Panay Energy Development […]
Senator Chiz Escudero called on the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to closely coordinate to ensure that no senior high school (SHS) students will be displaced with the discontinuation of the SHS program in state universities (SUCs) and local universities and colleges (LUCs). Escudero said that while the discontinuation […]
Senator Chiz Escudero thanked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for signing seven laws meant to boost the education sector, including the establishment of more medical schools around the country. Escudero’s office has received the report that these pieces of legislation were enacted into laws after the Chief Executive signed the bills on December 20, 2023 in […]
Senator Chiz Escudero has assured employees of the Bureau of Immigration that their salaries and benefits will remain intact and untouched even with the inclusion of a provision in the 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) that allows the reimbursement of thousands of passengers who missed their flights due to long immigration assessment. Addressing the issue […]
Senator Chiz Escudero has urged the Marcos administration’s economic managers to increase the gross domestic product (GDP) moving forward in order to maintain the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio at a manageable level. During the recent plenary session, Escudero cited the need to explore all possibilities to maintain the debt-to-GDP ratio as he made the manifestation on […]
The Senate moved to make college entrance exams free for qualified Filipino students. Senators, voting 22-0-0, approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2441 or the proposed “Free College Entrance Examinations Act”, which would waive entrance examination fees in private higher educational institutions (HEIs) for disadvantaged graduates or graduating students who show […]
The Senate ratified the reconciled version of the proposed “No Permit, No Exam Prohibition Act” as approved by the Bicameral Conference Committee–a proposal put forward by Senator Chiz Escudero, chairman of the Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education in the upper chamber. In seeking the ratification, Escudero assured his colleagues that the bicameral conference […]
Senator Chiz Escudero expressed support for the Marcos administration’s plan to reopen formal peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) to end communist insurgency and contribute to the attainment of lasting peace in the country. In a radio interview recently, Escudero said any peace initiative must get the […]