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Following the opening of School Year 2025-2026, Senator Win Gatchalian is calling for continued support for teachers amidst the rollout of basic education reforms this school year. The Strengthened Senior High School (SHS) Program, for example, is set for pilot this school year in 800 schools. The revised K to 12 (MATATAG) curriculum, which is […]
Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon has committed to support the needs of Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) to upskill and elevate the competence of their cadets being prepared as future facilitators of global trade. During the 205th anniversary of the PMMA recently, Dizon said these initiatives are aimed at giving back time that seafarers will sacrifice […]
Education Secretary Sonny Angara has called for better support for farm schools, emphasizing their role in equipping rural learners with the skills needed for agriculture and agribusiness, key pillars of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s vision for food security and economic growth. “They have the land to cultivate, and they operate like a farm while […]
Senator Francis Tolentino vowed to continue working for measures in support of barangay frontliners, following the passage of two key bills seeking to empower grassroots governance. In a meeting with 70 barangay captains in the city of Lipa, Tolentino gave details about Senate Bill (SB) 2815, which sets the term of office of barangay and […]
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano urged stronger government support for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) with the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship’s approval of the Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso Act (P3). Cayetano has pushed for the P3 Act for easier access to affordable financing and resources for MSEs, building on the existing Department […]
Senator Bong Go, during the budget hearing for the 2025 budgets of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Games and Amusement Board (GAB) he presided on, called for stronger government support for grassroots sports development and the efficient use of public funds for progams intended to give opportunities to aspiring Filipino athletes. Go emphasized the […]
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano hailed the recent progress toward better support for barangay health workers (BHWs) after the sponsorship of the committee report for the Magna Carta for Barangay Health Workers. “As frontliners of our primary healthcare system, our BHWs must be given sufficient incentives, benefits and most of all just compensation for all the […]
In a show of support for future educators, Senator Bong Go personally attended the Dr. Carl E. Balita Review Center’s Ultimate Final Coaching series for the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) at the Cuneta Astrodome in Manila recently. “Edukasyon ang susi sa magandang kinabukasan at ang kabataan ang pag-asa at future leaders ng ating bayan,” […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Rebisco Food Group have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to enhance support for learning programs in public schools through the REBISCOVER Learning Program. Education Secretary Sonny Angara, together with Geronimo Kamus, President of Rebisco Biscuit Corporation; Mr. Jonathan C. Ng, President of Suncrest Foods Incorporated, SFI Multimix […]
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano renewed his call for more support for grassroots sports, expressing what Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President and Tagaytay City Mayor Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino would have said on the Senate floor. “If Bambol Tolentino will be allowed to speak right now, he will ask na sana yung nasa batas na pondo na […]