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A lawmaking tandem from the Solid North has filed a bill mandating the provision of health maintenance organization (HMO) coverage for all public school teachers. Abra lone district Rep. JB Bernos and Solid North Party-list Rep. Ching Bernos have filed House Bill No. 6512, or the “TeachCare bill”, in a bid to ensure the welfare […]
Solid North Party-list Rep. Ching Bernos is urging the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority to fine-tune their process to ensure that more poor and disadvantaged benefit from its programs. This as a study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies found that the number of poor beneficiaries participating in TESDA training had declined between […]
As today’s youth prioritize becoming breadwinners for their families in the future, a member of the House of Representatives’ higher and technical education committee called on the government to ensure the youth have adequate opportunities to improve themselves through education. “Many young Pinoys are expecting to become breadwinners. The government must do all it can […]
The government should implement nature-based solutions to flooding alongside its usual flood control programs. This was the call of Solid North Party-list Rep. Ching Bernos in the wake of the damage caused by Super Typhoon Uwan. The lawmaker stressed that “flood control projects are only one side of the equation. We have to listen to […]
As the country gears up for the World Teachers’ Day on October 5, a party-list lawmaker has called for the passage of the Magna Carta for Private School Teachers to help stem the exodus of teachers in search of higher paying jobs. “The sad reality in our country is that being a private school teacher […]
The use of neo-ethnic Philippine textiles in the academic regalia of all state universities and colleges and local universities and colleges will be required if a measure being pushed by Solid North Party-list is passed into law. According to Rep. Ching Bernos, House BIll No. 3111, or the Philippine Neo-Ethnic Textile Development bill, would help […]