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PAY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WELL – ANGARA

Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said government should pay teachers better if it wants to improve the quality of education in public schools. “Quality education begins with quality teachers. And to have good quality teachers in our public schools we need to pay them well,” Angara said, as he reiterated his appeal to the government to […]

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I AM 100% IN FAVOR OF REIMPOSING DEATH PENALTY – GO

Senatorial candidate Bong Go said he supports the call for the reimposition of the death penalty for heinous crimes in the wake of the brutal mutilation and murder of Grade 9 student Christine Lee Silawan in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Go condemned the killing of Silawan, a resident of Barangay Mactan in the city. Silawan was […]

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IT’S WRONG TO CLAIM THAT RICE TARRIFICATION IS DISADVANTAGEOUS – VILLAR

Senator Cynthia Villar defended the Rice Tariffication Law anew, as she stressed that government will appropriate P10 billion in an annual agricultural fund to help ease the effects of World Trade Organization-governed rice importation on local production. Villar said that should the Executive Department reneges on its pledge to put up the fund, she would […]

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EVOSS ACT WILL STREAMLINE PROCESSES IN ENERGY SECTOR – GATCHALIAN

A senator said the signing of the Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop (EVOSS) Act into law will “herald the rejuvenation” of the energy sector as it will streamline the processes involved. Senator Win Gatchalian, chair of the Senate committee on energy, said the newly signed law that will put in place a web-based monitoring system that […]

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SPARE TREES FROM CAMPAIGN MATERIALS – LUNTIANG PILIPINAS

With the campaign period for local candidates starting in two weeks, Luntiang Pilipinas Party-list first nominee Michael Ubac on Thursday urged all candidates vying for public office to follow laws that prohibit the posting of campaign materials on trees, saying that the soon-to-be crowded designated areas for election materials may prompt supporters of candidates to […]

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HNP SENATORIABLES’ ADVOCACIES TO UPLIFT BICOLANOS – GARBIN

Some 5,000 Albayanos welcomed senatorial candidates being endorsed by the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) regional party during their campaign sortie at the Albay Astrodome in Legazpi City. Ako Bikol (AKB) party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin welcomed the candidates and solicited the support of city residents for the administration bets, whose advocacies, he said, will bring more […]

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EU SATISFIED WITH PH DELEGATION’S EXPLANATION ON DRUG WAR – SY EGCO

The European Union (EU) is “satisfied” with the Philippine government’s explanation on the campaign against illegal drugs by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte amid criticism that it is violating human rights. Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) executive director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, said the Philippine delegation, in a series of engagements in […]

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THE PROVINCE OF QUEZON SUPPORTS GO, HNP SENATORIAL TICKET – SUAREZ

The province of Quezon has vowed to go “all-out” for former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go as well as his fellow candidates endorsed by the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) regional party led by Davao City Mayor Sara Dutete. Go thanked the leaders of the province and its residents after seeing the overwhelming […]

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SENATORS GRACE POE AND CYNTHIA VILLAR REMAIN ON TOP – TRILLANES

Senators Grace Poe and Cynthia Villar have remained the leading senatorial candidates according to the latest Magdalo survey. Poe garnered 60.6 percent, with Villar at second with 49.2 percent according to the survey conducted last March 5 to 7, 2019. Villar is at second spot with 49.2 percent. Lito Lapid followed at number three with […]

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POOR FARMERS TO BENEFIT FROM AGRI-FREE PATENT REFORM LAW – GORDON

Elated that poor farmers will now have access to more capital to increase their productivity and reduce poverty in the countryside, Senator Dick Gordon thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law Republic Act No. 11231 or the Agricultural Free Patent Reform Act. “I am very grateful to President Duterte for signing the Agricultural Free […]