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GO TO MUSLIM LEADERS: HELP DUTERTE’S ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE

Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) and 2019 senatorial candidate Bong Go appealed to a group of nationalists and Muslim leaders to help President Rodrigo Duterte get rid of corruption in government. Go made the call in his message during the Assemblia ng mga Anak ng Bayan in Museo De Padilla, the ancestral house […]

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CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT FOR A CONTINUOUS BOUNTY – PIMENTEL

Former Senate President Koko Pimentel III lauded Pangasinan for its environmental campaign, especially on preserving the cleanliness of the seas during Lingayen’s Pista’y Dayat, the thanksgiving festival celebrated every May 1 for an abundant harvest from the sea. Some of the senatorial bets of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), including Pimentel and former Special […]

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JCPC APPROVES NEW RULES ON POWER PLANT HOST COMMUNITIES – GATCHALIAN

The Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC) approved the revised rules on the financial benefits to communities hosting the country’s power plants. Chaired by Senator Win Gatchalian and Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Jay Velasco, the JCPC approved several amendments to the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) law, as […]

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ANGARA TO RELATIVES OF OFWS IN LIBYA: PERSUADE YOUR LOVED ONES TO COME HOME

Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is urging the families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Libya to convince their loved ones to return to the Philippines as soon as possible after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised to the highest level the crisis alert in the North African state due to intense fighting around the […]

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KILLING OF BARANGAY OFFICIALS A SAD AND TROUBLING PATTERN — PIMENTEL

Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Monday strongly denounced the twin killings of village officials in Mindanao in what he described as “incidents that are apparently politically-motivated, occuring as they are very close to the May 13 elections.” The Mindanao-born lawmaker was reacting to separate fatal shooting incidents of two local barangay heads from the […]

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IMPROVE MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS – TOLENTINO

Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chair and administration Senate bet Francis Tolentino on Sunday said that if given the chance to serve as a senator, one of his urgent priorities would be to “improve and escalate the benefits of teachers “way more than what they are receiving right now.” “We need to talk more […]

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NEW CREDIT PROGRAM FOR FRESH AGRI GRADS COULD ENTICE YOUTH TO PURSUE FARMING AS CAREER – PANGANIBAN

The chair of the House of Representatives’ agriculture committee lauded the Department of Agriculture for a new program aimed at providing loans to fresh graduates of agriculture and agriculture-related courses so they could further develop their farming projects and innovations. The program could very well entice more youth to pursue agriculture as a career, since […]

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VISIT HERITAGE SITES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HISTORY, CULTURE – ANGARA

Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is encouraging Filipinos here and abroad to learn more about their history and culture by visiting heritage sites and cultural centers at Philippine embassies during the celebration of the National Heritage Month in May. “Heritage is about the things from the past which are valued enough today to save for tomorrow,” […]

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I WILL PURSUE MY CAMPAIGN TO THE LAST HOUR – GO

Despite his strong showing in the recent survey on the senatorial race, former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) and 2019 senatorial candidate Bong Go said he would not be complacent and would in stead pursue his campaign to the last hour. The latest Pulse Asia survey showed Go secured within the “Magic 12,” or […]

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VILLANUEVA TO GOV’T: CONSIDER ANOTHER WAGE HIKE

Senator Joel Villanueva urges government to consider the possibility of another wage hike and study the supervening conditions that would justify such an increase. Villanueva, chair of the Senate committee on labor, employment, and human resources development, made the call in response to the statement of Labor Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunzad III that the Regional Tripartite […]