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The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the lead government agency tasked to promote the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families, will be getting for the first time government allocation for its operating requirements, thanks to the new OWWA law. “Sa halos apat na dekada mula nang naitatag ang OWWA, ito ang […]
Senator Grace Poe today urged television networks to comply with the recently passed law that obliges TV stations to use subtitles for the benefit of the deaf and hard of hearing and provide them access to important programs. Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on public information and mass media and primary author of […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III said it’s high time for government to modernize the local ports in Mindanao to international standards to encourage healthy competition in the domestic shipping industry. In a statement, Pimentel issued the call as he expressed full support on the move of businessmen, who met recently in Davao City, urging […]
“The web of corruption in the educational system such as the hundreds of thousands of ghost students causes widespread and extreme poverty in Mindanao. We have uncovered that this has been happening for many decades especially in rebel and terrorist-infested areas,” Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said in relation to the hearing on the Budgets […]
The Senate passed on third and final reading a bill which would require the country’s economic managers to appear biannually before a joint congressional oversight committee, to report on the status and direction of the country’s fiscal and monetary policies. Senate Bill No. 1483, or the “Fiscal and Monetary Report Act of 2017” was […]
Senator Grace Poe is drumming up support for the expansion of the school-based feeding program (SBFP) to cover more beneficiaries and address malnutrition which is still plaguing Filipino schoolchildren. During the Senate hearing of the Department of Education’s proposed P612.11-billion budget for 2018, Poe said the government could expand the program–which currently covers “wasted” […]
The Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development chaired by Senator Joel Villanueva tackled a proposed measure which seeks to amend the 40-year-old Labor Code. The Committee discussed Senate Bill No. 1571 or An Act Amending Article 83 of the Labor Code espousing alternative working arrangements filed by Villanueva. Under SBN 1571, […]
The House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading this week House Bill 6283 which seeks to declare November 17 of every year as National Students’ Day in recognition of the contribution of student activism to Philippine democracy. The bill, principally authored by Reps. Evelina Escudero (1st District, Sorsogon) and Carlos Isagani […]
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said that the members of the Senate would exhaust all efforts to find a “reasonable middle ground” with their counterparts from the House of Representatives in order to restore funding for three government agencies that were given a budget of 1,000 pesos each: the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), […]
Senator Win Gatchalian says the Philippines will save trillions of pesos over the next twelve years if government sets in place an energy efficiency and conservation policy as a long-term strategy to address high electricity demand and costs. Gatchalian, who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy, said Philippine consumers could enjoy […]