IKOT.PH
Senator Cynthia Villar stressed the importance of the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Eco-Tourism Area (LPPCHEA) as a bird sanctuary and mangrove site on the occasion of the 4th anniversary of the habitat’s designation as a Wetland of International Importance. “We don’t have to go out of Metro Manila for a place where we […]
On the second anniversary of the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (March 18), Senator Loren Legarda stressed the importance of dealing with climate change as a way to build disaster resilience. Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change and UN Global Champion for Resilience, said that climate change […]
The Mindanao-born solon said that as the top defense officials in the country, Lorenzana and Año should be “circumspect” about the statements they make regarding women in the military. “If Gabriela Silang were alive today, I believe she would take exception to the statements of our good Defense Secretary and our good AFP Chief of […]
The House committee on the welfare of children chaired by Rep. Divina Grace Yu (1st District, Zamboanga del Sur) recently approved a substitute bill which seeks to establish a Magna Carta of Day Care Workers. The unnumbered bill, which aims to improve the social and and economic well-being of day care workers, substituted House Bill […]
After the overwhelming support for the passage of the Affordable Higher Education for All Act, Sen. Bam Aquino hopes his measure seeking to expand and strengthen job placement offices in schools can get the same backing in the Senate. “While we will strive to provide free, quality education to Filipinos, we should ensure this translates […]
Discrimination comes in many forms but, for those in the workforce, one of the most common acts of discrimination is that which pertains to the age of the employee or applicant. Thus, the Anti-Age Discrimination in Employment Law was enacted specifically to address this matter. Sen. Bam Aquino recently called for the strict implementation of […]
Impeachment is not the answer. This was Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III’s message to the critics of President Rodrigo Duterte who have threatened to impeach the President for various offenses. In a radio interview last weekend, Pimentel said that the critics of the President had other alternatives if they wanted to raise or dig […]
Senator Loren Legarda urged the country’s state universities and colleges to assist local government units in implementing the country’s laws on climate and environment, stressing that local action is crucial in ensuring the survival of present and future generations. Legarda made the statement at the Orientation Meeting with State Universities and Colleges, held at the […]
The House committee on revision of laws has approved four bills seeking to declare July 27 of every year as a special national non-working holiday in commemoration of the founding anniversary of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) in the country. The declaration is in recognition of the significant contribution of the INC and its […]
Senator Win Gatchalian on Thursday announced plans to fast-track the passage of legislation pending before the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs which seeks to create a government body tasked to oversee the defense and development of the Benham Rise. “Suspicious activities on the part of Chinese authorities concerning the Benham Rise have underscored the urgent […]