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Senator Joel Villanueva hailed the signing into law of a landmark legislation that seeks to institutionalize a national qualifications framework that can prepare Filipino workers for the global marketplace. Republic Act 10968 or An Act Institutionalizing the Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF) will ensure quality in our education and training systems, make qualifications earned here in […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called for the passage of a bill that seeks to waive government fees and charges on the issuance of documents required in the application for employment of first time jobseekers. “It is alarming that the Philippines has one of the highest unemployment rates in the region. The government should do what […]
Senator Joel Villanueva sponsored before the plenary Senate Bill No. 1650 under Committee Report No. 223 or the proposed Magna Carta of the Out-of-School Youth (OSY). This aims to provide all children and youth expanded government assistance to all types of education and training, including school-based educational opportunities from the primary to tertiary levels, non-formal […]
Senator Loren Legarda urged both national and local government officials to implement disaster risk reduction (DRR) measures and encouraged the public to heed the call of authorities to evacuate and seek shelter away from danger zones. The Province of Albay has been placed under a state of calamity amid the threat of Mayon Volcano’s eruption. […]
Senator Cynthia Villar commended the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for the launching of a program that will make passport applications more accessible to Filipinos. Passport on Wheels (POW), which was initiated by Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, was launched recently at the Villar SIPAG in Las Pinas and served about 1,500 applicants. “The […]
In celebration of the National Autism Consciousness Week, Senator Sonny Angara has called for the passage of a bill providing free and appropriate public education to children and youth with disabilities and special needs through the establishment of inclusive education learning resource centers throughout the country. “While the right to education of our children and […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III called on the Department of Health (DOH) to not just ask for a refund on unused vaccines, but for the cost of the entire contract. Pimentel’s statement came on the heels of DOH’s announcement that it has issued demand letters asking Sanofi to refund the P1.4-billion cost of the vaccines […]
Senator Loren Legarda said that all state universities and colleges (SUCs) will each receive an additional Php10 Million in their capital outlay this year for the purchase of school equipment and improvement of facilities within their respective campuses. Legarda, who chairs the Senate Committee on Finance, also said that P327-million under the Department of Information […]
Senator Loren Legarda said the 2018 General Appropriations Act (GAA) funds the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (RA 10931), which means that students who will enroll in state universities and colleges (SUCs), local state universities and colleges (LUCs), and state-run technical vocational institutions (TVIs) no longer need to pay for tuition and other […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on the government to use the revenues that will be generated from the new tax reform law on programs that will directly benefit ordinary Filipinos, specifically the improvement of the public transportation system in the country. According to news reports, for the entire 2017, the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT […]