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Instead of “playing catch up with backlogs” in school buildings, government should “build forward,” by constructing in advance classrooms for future enrollees, Sen. Sonny Angara said. “I think we should now implement a zero-backlog program. Let’s choose a year of when it will be achieved. And once that’s done, let’s stock up on new classrooms […]
Senator Cynthia Villar has expressed disappointment over the measly budget the Department of Health (DOH) has been given to address the issue of open defecation. During the Senate subcommittee hearing on the proposed P160.15 billion budget of the DOH for 2020, Villar stressed that the P2 million allocation to build sanitary toilets under Environmental and […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging government to look into other ways of building classrooms and school buildings to avoid delays as he called on the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to revisit the computation for classroom requirements. “Let’s explore other modalities in constructing school buildings as the slow pace can’t keep up with the […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) can use P1 billion in Quick Response Funds (QRF) under this year’s Calamity Fund to stop the spread of the African Swine Fever (ASF), Senator Sonny Angara said. Angara, chairman of the Senate finance committee, said government should now “break the glass of this emergency fund” and use it to […]
Senator Francis Tolentino is urging his colleagues in the Senate to pass the measure seeking the postponement of the 2020 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to May 2023, noting that incumbent leaders should be given ample time to perform their duties and fully serve their constituents. During a plenary session, Tolentino manifested his support for […]
A public hearing of the Senate Committee on Local Government, conducted jointly with the Committees on Ways and Means; Finance; and Government Corporations and Public Enterprises, was held to discuss issues currently being faced by barangays. Among the bills taken up during the hearing was Senate Bill No. 391 or the Magna Carta for Barangays […]
If government is serious on solving Metro Manila’s traffic woes, it should begin by increasing the budget of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to improve the wages of the 3,000 traffic enforcers it employs. This was pointed out by House Minority Leader and Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr., who on Wednesday […]
Senator Bato Dela Rosa vented his ire on the medical officers of the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) hospital as he confronted them on the alleged corruption on issuance of hospital passes and on the overstaying of high profile inmates at the prison hospital for a fee. During the continuation of the hearing of the Senate […]
Senator Dick Gordon did not buy the alibi of a doctor from the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) Hospital and said that it is impossible for him to be unaware of patients’ actions and the illegal activities inside the hospital. Gordon questioned NBP Hospital Medical Officer Ursicio Ceñas following former Valencia City Mayor Jose Galario Jr.’s […]
Senator Francis Tolentino has proposed the conversion of the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City into a specialty hospital for educators to provide them free hospitalization and medical care. Tolentino, who introduced Senate Bill No. 210 or the National Teachers Medical Center Act, said the establishment of a specialty hospital for teachers and their […]