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Senator Cynthia Villar said the budget being proposed for the livestock and poultry sector will not be enough to fund the development of the industry. Sitting as chairperson of the Finance Subcommittee hearing the P60-billion proposed budget of the Department of Agriculture for 2018, Villar asked Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Manny Piñol to […]
Senator Loren Legarda said that weaving culture and traditional textiles reveal a lot about a nation’s identity and narrate stories of origin communities, becoming essential to a people’s heritage. Legarda made the statement during her talk for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Ministers’ Spouses Program at the Center for International Trade […]
More Philippine universities should aim to be included in the world university rankings after a recent world ranking showed that the University of the Philippines was the lone learning institution in the country to make it on the annual list, Senator Chiz Escudero said. The state-run UP climbed to the 601-800 range from the […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the Commission on Higher Education to fast track the evaluation and accreditation of local universities and colleges to unlock their potential in producing highly-educated graduates with skill sets to match the primary needs of local economies. At the same time, Gatchalian said the CHED should likewise help LUCs upgrade their […]
The proposed budget to bring electricity to public schools will jump nine-fold to almost P3 billion next year, a crucial step in bringing an estimated 7,413 schools “out of the dark ages,” Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said. One in six government elementary and high schools is not connected to a power grid, Recto […]
Senator Bam Aquino urged government and the private sector to extend support to Filipino scientists and innovators as they can help find solutions to pressing problems like poverty, weak education system and even the drug problem. “Our scientists, innovators and researchers need all the support they can get from us. Kailangan nila ang ating […]
Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for the passage of bills that seek to ensure that Filipinos will be provided with better quality of health services from maternal and infant care up to the end-stage of life. Angara is the principal author of Senate Bill 1537 or the Healthy Nanay and Bulilit Act, also known […]
Senator Nancy Binay threw her support behind groups asserting that indigenous peoples’ (IPs) interests and rights be recognized and protected in the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). “I support the call for the protection of the rights of lumads and for their inclusion in the discussions on the Bangsamoro peace process,” Binay said after […]
Thirty innovative farm school owners and local government unit representatives recently graduated from a 10-day training on climate-smart farms organized by the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (SIPAG) in collaboration with the Agricultural Training Institute of the Department of Agriculture (DA). The Climate-Smart Farm Business School was developed to create new […]
Senator Win Gatchalian believes law enforcement authorities should have access within 24 hours to information from Closed-Circuit Television Videos (CCTVs) to speed up criminal investigations. Gatchalian said the timely release of CCTV images and recordings to law enforcement agencies, like the Philippine National Police (PNP), and investigative bodies, such as the National Bureau of […]