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While the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) is projecting a spike in unplanned pregnancies amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Senator Win Gatchalian is warning that a spike in teenage pregnancies could be part of this population surge, citing similar trends in the Philippines and other countries when emergencies and natural calamities occur. Gatchalian […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is eyeing the installation of a cell site in every DepEd school in the country to provide internet access to all of the country’s 42,046 barangays. Since most, if not all, barangays nationwide have a public school, Gatchalian said these schools provide viable spots for cell sites that would ensure nationwide internet […]
Senator Dick Gordon congratulated the Department of National Defense on the completion of the beaching ramp at Pag-asa Island, as well as the Department of Transportation and the Palawan provincial government for the construction of a shelter for Filipino fishermen. Gordon said the completion of the ramp on the island, two days before Independence Day […]
With businesses struggling to keep their heads above water due to the COVID-19 pandemic and with more people losing their jobs as a result, Senator Sonny Angara said that the reskilling and upskilling of workers is now more important than ever. “Unemployment hit a high of 17.7 percent in April this year. That’s over 7.3 […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to step up efforts in hunting down online scammers who have proliferated during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) quarantine. Gatchalian said authorities should ramp up their online presence to safeguard Filipinos against online scams and other related cybercrimes. “Cyber criminals […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has pressed the Department of Energy (DOE) into ensuring the continuous delivery of electricity service to every household for the use of students in alternative learning modalities as schools prepare for the “new normal” in the education system. Gatchalian said that aside from online learning, the shift to blended learning does not […]
As the Senate discussed the measure extending the Bayanihan Law, Senator Kiko Pangilinan asked if the government has slowed down the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic after spending P353 billion for this purpose. “We’d like to know: We’ve spent 353 billion [pesos]. We will allocate another 130-140 billion [pesos]…With all the money spent in the last […]
The House committee on information and communications technology (ICT) has given its nod to the measure on E-Government that seeks to interlink electronic or contactless services and processes in all government agencies and corporations to ensure that the Philippines gets ahead of the curve in the new norm of continued social distancing and digital transactions. This committee passed before the Congress’ sine […]
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), said the Philippines will be stronger, healthwise, after the coronavirus pandemic because of the bio-molecular laboratories opened by the PRC to ensure victory over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Gordon, head of the only Red Cross Society in the world which has the distinction […]
The Senate has approved on third and final reading several measures coming from the House of Representatives, that will create and transfer district engineering offices and convert provincial roads to national roads. Approved were House Bill Numbers 5888, 5853, 5811, 5852, 5850, 5851, 1061 and 1778. Senator Manny Pacquiao, chairman of the Committee on Public […]