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The reforms to the programs and services of the Social Security Systems (SSS) are one step closer from enactment into law as the Senate ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the bill that overhauled the SSS charter. Voting unanimously, the Senate adopted the bicameral report on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill 1753 and […]
The Senate unanimously ratified a bill allowing rice importation and creating a Rice Fund to protect farmers who will be adversely affected by the lifting of the quantitative restriction on the importation of rice. Senate Bill 1998 amends Republic Act 8178 or the Agricultural Tariffication Act and replaces the quantitative import restriction on rice with […]
Senator Joel Villanueva, vice chairperson of the Senate committee on sports, hailed the bicameral conference committee approval of a proposed measure seeking to establish the Philippine Sports Training Center or the PSTC. In the consolidated versions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the PSTC shall include training facilities for Olympic sports and other […]
A proposal to cut the cost of electricity bills of households and business establishments through the use of rooftop solar technology is currently under scrutiny by the Senate committee on energy chaired by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian. Senator Grace Poe initiated the filing of Senate Bill No. 1719, promoting the adoption of rooftop solar technology among […]
Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development chairperson Senator Joel Villanueva slammed government agencies for their lack of monitoring and negligence in allowing the influx of illegal Chinese workers in the country. Villanueva underscored that there is a clear neglect on the part of government agencies to promote the preferential use of Filipino […]
To ensure the uninterrupted supply of electricity from power plants to consumers, Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for a mechanism that will allow for the responsive maintenance and rehabilitation of transmission, sub-transmission, and distribution lines. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Energy, sponsored on Wednesday Senate Bill No. 2098 (SBN 2098), otherwise known as […]
Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for legislation that would officially designate the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), the country’s largest state university by student population, as the “National Polytechnic University.” In filing Senate Bill 2037, Angara seeks to strengthen the PUP as an institution and solidify its position as one of the country’s premier […]
Senator Cynthia Villar lamented the misconception intentionally circulated to discredit the rice tariffication bill and to block the passage of the needed support measures for local rice farmers. “It is unfortunate that some groups are being made to believe that the rice tariffication bill which we have scrutinized and carefully studied in the Senate, will […]
Financial literacy, especially on investments and business start-ups, are important factors in ensuring that hard-earned incomes and savings of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are put to good use, Senator Cynthia Villar said at the 8th OFW and Family Summit recently. Villar, in her capacity as director of the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and […]
Senator Dick Gordon welcomed the passage on second reading in the House of Representatives of the bill mandating bigger plate numbers for motorcycles, stressing the urgency for taking a bite out of crimes perpetrated by riders in tandem which continues unabated with an average of four persons killed each day by riding-in-tandem shooters. “This is […]