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While there is still a long way to go, the first positive steps have been taken to drum up public consciousness about our Muslim brethren through the commemoration of World Hijab Day. Senator Robin Padilla stressed this as he led a program marking the occasion at the Senate. Padilla, who chairs the Senate Committee on […]
It is high time to end the “abono” situation of public school teachers who have to pay in advance for the needs of their students, out of their own pockets, Senator Robin Padilla said. Padilla threw his full support behind proposed measures providing additional benefits and privileges for public school teachers, who he hailed for […]
The immediate decongestion and regionalization of the New Bilibid Prison will be a concrete solution against syndicates – especially those involved in illegal drugs – still operating inside the national penitentiary, Senator Robinhood Padilla said. Padilla, a former inmate of the national penitentiary, lamented that the New Bilibid Prison remains a den for bad people, […]
Senator Robin Padilla pushed for strengthening cooperatives especially for farmers and Indigenous Peoples, saying this is the most effective way that fertilizer and other forms of help from the national government can reach them. Padilla said this entails the cooperation of agencies such as the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of […]
For the sacrifices they made to protect the health of ordinary FIlipinos, it is only fitting that barangay health workers (BHWs) be entitled to additional compensation and benefits. This is the gist of Senate Bill 232 filed by Senator Robin Padilla, which also sought to stop discrimination against the BHWs. Padilla’s bill also aims to […]
Batman and Robin.This is how Senator Robin Padilla described his potential team up with Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa in pushing support for the programs of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Padilla said the NTF-ELCAC has good programs to address the threats from the communist rebels via development programs […]