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Senator Win Gatchalian urged the national government to put into place a concrete plan to implement the cash transfer program meant to shield poor Filipinos from the inflationary effects of the proposed tax reform package, which is still pending legislative approval. “The expanded cash transfer program needs to be implemented immediately upon passage of […]
Senator Loren Legarda urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to make Boracay Island in Aklan province a model for ecological solid waste management (ESWM) and renewed her call for stronger implementation of Republic Act 9003. Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, made the statement during the hearing for the […]
Leaders of the business sector threw their support to Senator Dick Gordon’s proposed bill seeking the creation of an investment corridor by optimizing the use of available infrastructures. Speaking before the 26th North Luzon Area Business Conference, Gordon called on the Metro Olongapo Chamber of Commerce, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has filed a bill that gives employees and employers an option to adopt flexible working arrangements. Senate Bill No. 1571 espouses alternative working arrangements that allow both employer and employee to agree on a beneficial arrangement of work that works best for both parties. It amends Article 83 of the Labor […]
Senate President and PDP Laban Koko Pimentel III, together with House Speaker and PDP Laban Secretary General Bebot Alvarez, were present as the leadership of the province of Compostela Valley and of the regional center Tagum City, Davao del Norte, pledged their allegiance to the ruling party PDP Laban in twin events this weekend. […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) has yet to roll out the law mandating financial literacy and entrepreneurial training in basic education. “Two years have passed since the Youth Entrepreneurship Act was passed into law but there is still no movement in its implementation,” said Aquino, the principal sponsor and co-author of Republic Act No. […]
To ensure accountability and transparency in the conduct of law enforcement operations and improve the country’s criminal justice system, Senator Dick Gordon proposed to require the use of body cameras for law enforcers conducting search and arrest operations and their vehicles used in the said operations installed with dash-board cameras. Gordon filed Senate Bill […]
Senator Joel Villanueva urged the organizers of the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to consider holding the sports event at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) secretary and 2019 SEA Games organizing committee chairman Alan Peter Cayetano recently revealed that the Philippines will host the international sports event across […]
The House of Representatives’ leading advocate for the adoption of a national identification system took to the floor on Tuesday to call on her colleagues to pass House Bill 6221, an Act Establishing the Filipino Identification System, or FilSys, stressing that the measure would enable the government to better serve its growing population. In […]
If the heads of both the Senate and the House of Representatives have their way, government funds will no longer be wasted on the operations of the Road Board – a redundant, graft-ridden agency that the two Congressional leaders say should be abolished. Senate President Koko Pimentel III reiterated the call of partymate House […]