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A party-list group hoping to be the first green party in the House of Representatives (HOR) is supporting calls for the public and private sector to invest in renewable energy (RE) to reduce the country’s carbon footprint and contribute to world efforts to reduce carbon emissions and put the brakes on global warming. Luntiang Pilipinas […]
The House of Representatives approved on second reading House Bill No. 4340 or the proposed “Rainwater Harvesting Facility Act,” which seeks to require the establishment and maintenance of rainwater harvesting facilities in all new institutional, commercial, and residential development projects in Metro Manila. HB 4340, principally authored by Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Winston Castelo […]
Senator Cynthia Villar is batting for the creation of more farm schools in the country to be supported by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). “Bibigyan natin ng 1,855 farm schools all over the Philippines or one farm school in every town kung saan tuturuan ang magsasaka na magkaroon ng pag-iisip na parang […]
At least 50,000 residents of Bulacan witnessed the proclamation and campaign kick-off rally of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) senatorial candidates led by the party’s chairman, President Rodrigo Duterte, at the City Sports Center in Barangay Minuyan Proper, San Jose del Monte. Proclaimed were the five senatorial candidates belonging to the ruling […]
Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Bato dela Rosa highlighted the importance of the barangay (village) and its officials in the fight against crime. Dela Rosa was one of the guests during the “Symposium on Community-based Rehabilitation Program cum Paglulunsad ng Barangay Seal of Good Local Governance at KKK sa Barangay: Pananagutan ng Bulacan para […]
Senator Dick Gordon, has shot down a proposal to place regions hit by the measles outbreak under a state of calamity in the wake of 70 deaths from the deadly disease, with majority of the fatalities coming from the CALABARZON (Cavite Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) regions. During the NDRRMC Response Cluster meeting recently, Gordon […]
Senator Sonny Angara is urging parents to have their children immunized against measles at any government health center, saying immunization is the best protection against the highly contagious disease that has so far affected more than 130 people in Pampanga, including three who have died due to complications. Pampanga has recorded the second highest number […]
Senator Loren Legarda met with Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and currently the Convenor of Mission 2020, to discuss ways on how to further unlock investments to scale up clean and renewable energy development in the country and the world. Legarda, UNISDR Global Champion for […]
Senator Win Gatchalian said that a properly-staffed, properly-funded, and properly-operating Bahay Pag-Asa (BPA) is effective in rehabilitating children in conflict with the law (CICLs). Gatchalian cited Valenzuela City’s Bahay Pag-asa which he says has successfully reformed and reintegrated more than 400 CICLs after they were admitted to the rehabilitation center in the five years the […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III is seeking the expansion of the list of value-added tax (VAT)-exempt medicines to include those prescribed for the treatment of mental health conditions. Senate Bill No. 2193 filed by Pimentel seeks to further amend a provision in the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, particularly Section 109. “While the Mental Health […]