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Senator Dick Gordon called for a deep sense of urgency to reopen the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) and finally fulfill the full conversion of former US bases in Central Luzon for the country’s use. Gordon, who envisioned and led the successful conversion of the former US bases in Subic and Clark as free ports, […]
Senator Joel Villanueva lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to certify as a priority measure the Universal Health Coverage Bill. The House of Representatives approved the bill on third and final reading on September 6 last year while the Senate version is still pending. At the Senate, Villanueva authored Senate Bill No. 60 or the Enhanced […]
Urban agriculture is a viable intervention to make poor households and communities healthier and more food sufficient, Senator Cynthia Villar said. Villar, who is the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, notes how the spiraling prices of food and other commodities have made life more difficult for families in poor urban communities. […]
Concerned over the rising number of leptospirosis cases in the country, Senator Nancy Binay urged the Department of Health (DOH) and local government units to launch a massive campaign to be proactive in the fight against the disease in the barangays. Binay said the DOH, with the help of local government units (LGUs), should remain […]
Senator Win Gatchalian called for the scrapping of a plan by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA) to conduct mandatory drug tests on students, and instead proposed that the budget for the tests be used instead to hire more guidance counselors for the Department of Education (DepEd). DepEd previously noted that with at least 14 […]
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) paid the late Senate President Edgardo Angara a special tribute in recognition of his contribution to uplift the lives of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families. The OWWA Board, led by its chairman Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and vice chairman OWWA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac, recently handed […]
With the typhoon season again upon us, Senator Cynthia Villar has asked insurance companies to help smallholder farmers recover fast from the damage brought by typhoons and other calamities to crops and livestock by giving insurance coverage to the agricultural sector. “We want our farmer to get back within one week to the field to […]
Senator Dick Gordon expressed elation that President Rodrigo Duterte signed the law declaring April 27 of every year as Lapu-Lapu Day or “Adlaw ni Lapu-Lapu.” A non-working holiday in Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu and a special working holiday throughout the country, it commemorates the victory of Lapu-Lapu and his men over the Spanish invaders in […]
Senator Win Gatchalian lauded the signing into law of a measure which strengthens resiliency among electric cooperatives by institutionalizing government support and financial assistance during disasters. President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act 11039, otherwise known as the Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund Act. The law provides that government shall allot funding under […]
Senator Sonny Angara is urging all private and public schools to include cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in their respective curricula. Angara is the principal author of Republic Act 10871, popularly known as the “Samboy Lim Law,” which aims to train young Filipinos into lifesavers. “Schools are the best venue to equip students with the lifesaving […]