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Senator Sherwin Gatchalian recommended that the Philippines skip the 2021 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) so that changes in the curriculum, which were introduced by the Department of Education (DepEd), can be absorbed by students. In an interview at the Senate, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Basic Education said the DepEd has […]
The Senate adopted the recommendation of Senator Dick Gordon to file charges against officials of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) and the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) after conducting an investigation and uncovering other anomalies activities inside the NBP, aside from the abusive implementation of Republic Act 10592 or the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA)law. “The […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has extended calamity loans to electric cooperatives (ECs) that have sustained significant damage during the onslaught of Typhoon Tisoy last December. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said the state-run agency released P31.246 million worth of financial assistance to four ECs in the Bicol region and Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) […]
Senator Win Gatchalian expressed dismay over a report by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that only 30% percent of barangays nationwide, or an estimated 12,614 out of 42,045, are practicing segregation, emphasizing that the waste hierarchy of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ (3Rs) is a failure. “The 3Rs is a failure, yung reuse, reduce, […]
Laguna 3rd Representative Sol Aragones on Tuesday had taken up the cudgels for millions of viewers and thousands of workers who will be adversely affected by the closure of ABS-CBN. Aragones, who began her career as an ABS-CBN reporter before running for public office, reminded her colleagues at the House of Representatives that over 11,000 […]
If legitimate Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) companies only generated two jobs for Filipinos for every 10 available jobs in the sector last year, the trend could even be worse in illegal offshore gaming firms, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. “If legitimate POGO companies in this sector employ few Filipinos, we can only surmise as […]
Congress is mandated do determine whether legislative franchises should be approved or not, and it should be given the opportunity to do so in the case of ABS-CBN. This was the gist of a statement issued by Laguna 3rd District Rep. Sol Aragones on Tuesday after the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) filed a […]
As the Senate probes the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, Senator Dick Gordon stressed that Philippine foreign policy must be dictated by the nation’s needs and pointed out that national security is what “ultimately matters.” “Is it a national interest to abolish the VFA at this point in time? […]
Senator Dick Gordon filed a Senate resolution “Honoring and Remembering Gabino “Gaby” De Guzman Tabuñar, Jr. for His Exemplary and Outstanding Contribution to Journalism and Press Freedom”. Senate Resolution No. 317 states that Tabuñar, who passed away Feb. 4 due to pneumonia, “was a proponent of honest and accurate journalism exemplifying the highest ideals of […]
Not only does telecommuting spare workers the need to leave their houses to report for work, it likewise minimizes the risk of contracting the 2019 novel Coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019 nCoV-ARD), Senator Joel Villanueva said. Villanueva urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to encourage the private sector to consider implementing telecommuting work […]