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While instruction time is officially six hours a day, most teachers work much longer hours doing multiple tasks at school. They even have duties during vacation months and even beyond the classroom and school premises. It is in this context that Senator Sonny Angara wants to lower the optional retirement age of public school teachers […]
Although his senatorial bid was initially “unplanned,” Maguindanao Rep. Dong Mangudadatu said it only came to be formed after President Rodrigo Duterte prodded him to run. Mangudadatu cited the importance of the President’s endorsement in his decision to run for senator. The legislator recalled that in April last year, the President told him repeatedly that […]
Despite poverty incidence dropping to a three-year low, government needs to continue providing Filipinos with more well-paying jobs to increase the pace of poverty reduction in the country, according to Senator Win Gatchalian. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, made the statement a day after the World Bank said the Philippines is on […]
Senatorial candidates Bato dela Rosa and former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go got the highest percentage of votes in the latest popularity survey conducted by the University of Mindanao-Institute of Popular Opinion (UM-IPO) in Davao. Dela Rosa, a former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, and Go obtained 91.3 percent and 91.1 percent, […]
To foster a culture of being prepared among Filipinos, reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara renewed his call to make disaster risk education mandatory in the curriculum of primary schools to boost among young students the importance of being prepared and hone their skills in dealing with natural calamities. “Since we live in a country where earthquakes […]
Reelectionist Senator Cynthia Villar urged the public to have their own emergency plans in the event of disasters. Following the magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Zambales and the 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Eastern Samar, Villar said each household should devise their own emergency procedure “which family members should know by heart and implemented in the event […]
The Senate committee on energy has started the conduct of a congressional inquiry into the recent spate of power outages in Luzon. Senator Win Gatchalian, committee chair, called for the hearing in view of the series of yellow and red alert warnings issued by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) for the Luzon […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) and 2019 senatorial candidate Bong Go threw his support behind President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for the creation of a Department of Disaster Resilience following the deadly magnitude 6.1 earthquake that hit Luzon recently. It could be recalled that in his 3rd State of the Nation Address last July […]
Senate Trade and Commerce Chair Koko Pimentel III on Thursday urged the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to take action against wholesalers and retailers who are driving up sugar prices despite the steady mill gate prices of the staple. “For the past several months, the mill gate prices of sugar have been holding steady […]
Luntiang Pilipinas Party-list on Wednesday urged Filipinos to mark Earth Month by committing to work for the “ecological rebirth” of the country in light of the environmental degradation suffered by the countey over the past decades. “Earth Month is as good a time as any to take a hard look at the harm we have […]