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Filipino households will no longer have to deal with the consequences of having illegally-refilled and poor-quality Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders once the LPG Act is passed, according to Senator Win Gatchalian. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, has recently filed Senate Bill No. (SBN) 1188 or An Act Providing for the National […]
Senator Grace Poe said it would not be long before the country’s traffic enforcers are equipped with breathalyzers to detect drunk drivers following the Senate’s adoption of her proposal to allot P20 million in the 2020 budget for the purchase of the gadgets. “You can have as many trained traffic enforcers on the road, but […]
“We need to enhance drug prevention education and strict monitoring in schools.” This was the call made by Senator Win Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, to the Department of Education (DepEd) after receiving reports that some high school students were hospitalized for using psychedelic mushrooms or ‘magic mushrooms” […]
Senator Grace Poe is hopeful that children as young as 2 years old will soon get free meals with her proposal to raise the appropriations for the Supplementary Feeding Program in the P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020. The increase in the budget of the program from P3.6 billion to P6.6 billion was one of Poe’s […]
Senator Lito Lapid is pushing to have a senior citizen sectoral representative in all local legislative councils in order to give the elderly a voice in local governance and legislation. According to Lapid, there is no better way to address the country’s ageing population than to involve senior citizens in policy-making and agenda setting from […]
Senator Bong Go has assured nurses that he will continue to prioritize their welfare and push for initiatives to improve quality and accessibility of healthcare services in the country. “Malaki ang diperensiya ng suweldo sa abroad at dito, pero nais kong dito na kayo magtrabaho para hindi kayo malayo sa mga pamilya ninyo,” Go said […]
The House Committee on Youth and Sports Development chaired by Representative Eric Martinez (2nd District, Valenzuela City) recently held a dialogue with the Russian delegation from the 5th ASEAN-Russia Youth Summit.In his opening remarks, Martinez said through this summit, the Filipino youth will have the opportunity to interact with Russian youth counterparts and understand the […]
Iligan City Rep. Frederick Siao, who chairs the House Committee on Civil Service and Professional Regulation is proposing to grant civil service eligibility to the country’s career athletes, coaches, trainers, and officials by recognizing them as full-fledged and licensed professionals. Siao said athletes, players, coaches, instructors, and fitness trainers should be recognized and licensed as full-fledged […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday signed into law Republic Act No.11462 that postpones the holding of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, which were originally scheduled on May 11, 2020. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles has confirmed that SK and barangay polls have been rescheduled on December 5, 2022. “The new schedule would give SK and […]
As the Subic Bay Freeport Zone commemorated its 27th founding anniversary, Senator Dick Gordon commended the volunteers for the successful creation of the Freeport from the ashes of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption and the departure of the United States military from Subic Bay. Gordon said volunteers were key in making Subic what it is today […]