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Twenty two outstanding multi-purpose cooperatives were recognized this year by the Villar SIPAG Foundation for their significant contributions in poverty reduction and economic growth in their communities. The annual Villar SIPAG Awards on Poverty Reduction, an initiative of the Villar SIPAG (Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance) Foundation, acknowledges and rewards the good practices […]
The Senate has ratified a bicameral conference committee report aimed at improving the tech-voc skills of Filipinos and narrow the unemployment gap in the country. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives approved the harmonized version on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill 1431 and House Bill 8139 which seeks to institute the Philippine […]
The Senate approved on third and final reading a bill that will expand the powers and capabilities of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) – including reforms allowing the OSG to hire more lawyers in its ranks – to boost the office’s efforts as the government’s principal law office and legal defender. Senate Bill […]
Senator Dick Gordon supported President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for a third extension of martial law in Mindanao following the military’s briefing, in executive session, on the updates on the situation in the South. Gordon said that aside from wanting to ensure the complete rehabilitation of Marawi City which was torn apart by the armed conflict, […]
Senator Sonny Angara has pushed for additional funding to boost programs and services aimed at providing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with faster and more accessible government services. “The Senate will increase the budget of the Labor Department to improve its One-Stop Service Centers for OFWs to make government frontline services accessible to Filipinos who are […]
A bill seeking to require all schools with proper armchairs for left-handed students has been filed at the Senate. Senator Sonny Angara, author of Senate Bill No. 2114, said the bill aims to promote equal development of students by requiring educational institutions nationwide to provide left-handed armchairs for left-handed students. “Currently, left-handed students are left […]
Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for the allocation of P2.9 billion in the 2019 national spending package to fund the job promotion of faculty members in state universities and colleges (SUCs) nationwide. “After making tuition in SUCs free, the government should now aim at improving the quality of public higher education in the country, and […]
Senator Sonny Angara said the government should act swiftly to bring down consumer prices and release the unconditional cash transfer and fuel subsidy provided in the law after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the implementation of the second tranche of fuel excise tax hikes starting January next year. “Ang sa akin lang, kailangan ‘yung presyo bumaba […]
With crimes, especially killings committed with impunity, still unabated, Senator Dick Gordon has called on the Philippine National Police (PNP) to invest on police visibility and on conducting intelligence operations. Gordon, chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, said law enforcers should be more proactive, by taking actions to prevent crimes instead […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has sponsored a measure that seeks to increase the service incentive leave pay of private employees. Under Senate Bill No. 1614 or “An Act Increasing Service Incentive Leave Pay of Employees”, every employee who has rendered at least one year of service shall be entitled to an annual service incentive leave of […]