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Senator Cynthia Villar defended the Rice Tariffication Law anew, as she stressed that government will appropriate P10 billion in an annual agricultural fund to help ease the effects of World Trade Organization-governed rice importation on local production. Villar said that should the Executive Department reneges on its pledge to put up the fund, she would […]
Elated that poor farmers will now have access to more capital to increase their productivity and reduce poverty in the countryside, Senator Dick Gordon thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law Republic Act No. 11231 or the Agricultural Free Patent Reform Act. “I am very grateful to President Duterte for signing the Agricultural Free […]
Senator Joel Villanueva hailed the signing of the “Tulong Trabaho” Law which seeks to provide free access to Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programs. The law sets up a fund that finances scholarships of workers to training programs as needed by the industry, explained Villanueva, principal author and sponsor of Republic Act No. 11230 or […]
Senator Dick Gordon has called on the Department of Health anew to take a look at the unjust practices being committed by both government and private hospitals and medical facilities in the country and take the needed action. Gordon renewed his call after getting inundated with complaints on social media against the unjust practices of […]
Aside from bigger and wider coverage of social pension, the country’s elderly population must be given employment opportunities to be productive even in their old age and keep them away from poverty, according to reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara. Angara, a champion of the rights and welfare of senior citizens in the Senate, said many elderly […]
Senator Dick Gordon lauded the efforts of both the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Red Cross to close the immunization gap, amid the vaccination scare caused by the controversial anti-dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia. Gordon, also chairman of the Philippine Red Cross, said the health department is gaining ground to regain the public’s trust in […]
Senator Dick Gordon was saddened by the resignation of former Social Security System (SSS) Chairman Emmanuel Dooc, whom he said was fit for the job. “I am saddened by his resignation. He has done a good job. He is fit for the position,” Gordon said. “I am saddened by his resignation.” Gordon also thanked Dooc […]
As the country marks Women’s Month, Senate Trade and Commerce Committee Chair Koko Pimentel III on Thursday stressed the need to ensure the proper enforcement of laws meant to uphold women’s welfare, as “well-intentioned legislation becomes toothless without proper implementation.” “It is incumbent upon us in the Legislature to follow through and ensure that the […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families should take advantage of the wide range of services and benefits under a law that institutionalized and strengthened the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Angara said that under Republic Act 10801 or the OWWA Act of 2016, the benefits and services, among them […]
A bill aiming to overhaul the country’s warehouse receipts system to help boost farmer’s productivity, introduced by Senator Win Gatchalian, has been sponsored by Senator Koko Pimentel, III, chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Industry. According to Gatchalian, he filed Senate Bill No. 2171, otherwise known as the Philippine Warehouse Receipts Act […]