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Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III today said it has become indispensable for the government to mobilize the youth in the service of the country due to growing calamities and security threats that have confronted the people. Pimentel said he fully supports the plan of President Rodrigo Duterte to reintroduce the defunct Reserve Officers’ […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on his colleagues in the Senate to fast-track the approval of his bill that expands and institutionalizes the 20 percent transport fare discount given to students. Angara, vice chair of the Senate education committee, was referring to his Senate Bill 945, entitled “An Act Institutionalizing the Grant of Student […]
Senator Sonny Angara is encouraging out-of-school youth to take advantage of the new law that included them among the beneficiaries of the government’s Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES), which provides short-term job opportunities to help them pursue and continue their education. “Higit na nangangailangan ng tulong ang ating mga out-of-school youth […]