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Senator Bong Go delivered a privilege speech during the Senate’s regular session urging organizers of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games to “wake up” instead of apologizing for the logistical inefficiencies in the country’s hosting of the sporting event which reportedly inconvenienced athletes from Cambodia, Myanmar, Timor-Leste, Thailand, and the country’s women’s football team. “Hindi apology […]
Senator Win Gatchalian said that the New Clark City Sports Complex will not be a waste after the staging of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the country, while seeking to establish a national high school fully dedicated to Philippine sports that will later use these facilities. Gatchalian, co-author and sponsor of Senate Bill 1086 […]
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he is still preparing a proposal to regulate the sale and distribution of electronic cigarettes, vapes, and other nicotine and non-nicotine delivery systems in the Philippines, despite a recent pronouncement by President Rodrigo Duterte banning the importation of vape products into the country. Gatchalian said the first reported case of electronic […]
Senator Bong Go expressed his full support for the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to ban the use and importation of e-cigarettes into the country. Go, who initially spoke about recommending to the President the need to regulate e-cigarettes or vape, told reporters in an interview after his visit to fire victims in Tondo, Manila City […]
Senator Bato Dela Rosa said law enforcement officials strictly follow tactical and strategic procedures in handling classified data concerning anti-crime operations to ensure that criminals will be charged and subsequently be placed behind bars. Dela Rosa said that based on his experience as a law enforcer, there is a need to meticulously follow tactical handling […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is eyeing the institutionalized increase of the annual teaching supplies allowance from P3,500 to 5,000, a measure that would spare about 840,000 public school teachers from shelling out more money for classroom activities. While the teaching supplies allowance or ‘chalk allowance’ is provided for annually under the General Appropriations Act (GAA), Gatchalian […]
Senator Bong Go has stressed that he will only favor Charter change (Cha-cha) if it will contribute to the benefit of Filipinos. “If those who benefit from the changes in the Constitution are us politicians, then I am not in favor. The Filipino people should be the ones who will benefit from it,” Go told […]
Senator Bong Revilla was elated to hear that the House Committee on the Welfare of Children successfully passed the counterpart of his bill on the Special Trust Fund for every Abandoned, Neglected and Voluntarily Committed Children. Revilla also re-affirmed his commitment in working double time to pass the Senate version of the bill (S. No. […]
Senator Sonny Angara said Congress has enough time left in its legislative calendar to approve the bill extending the validity of certain items of the 2019 national budget. Angara, the chairman of the Committee on Finance, said a hearing would no longer be necessary for Senate Bill 1153, which he filed last November 6, and […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to make responsible social media use a key component in mental health programs for schools, noting that increased smartphone and social media use has been linked to depression and anxiety among children and adolescents. In a news report, Dr. Cornelio Banaag, Jr. of the Medical […]