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With social and economic inequity rising in the Philippines, Senate President Aquilino L. Pimentel III told legislators from all over the world that the Philippine government was eyeing a major structural reform to ensure that all Filipinos enjoy the fruits of the country’s economic growth: the adoption of federalism. Addressing participants of the 136th Interparliamentary […]
Sen. Grace Poe has filed a bill that seeks to institutionalize a “brain gain” program for science and technology workers and encourage them to return to the Philippines and contribute their knowledge for the betterment of the country. Poe recently filed Senate Bill No. 1324 or the proposed Balik Scientist Act that aims to offer […]
The House of Representatives, in a move to safeguard school children from the ill effects of malnutrition and enhance their learning practices, has approved on second reading House Bill 5269 seeking to institutionalize the National School Feeding Program for public kindergarten and elementary pupils. The proposed “National School Feeding Program Act” was endorsed for […]
To safeguard public interest, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has filed a bill requiring private proponents seeking to build, operate and maintain public utilities to secure first a franchise from Congress. Under House Bill No. 5270, Alvarez proposed amendments to Republic Act No. 6957, as amended by R.A. 7718, otherwise known as “An Act Authorizing the […]
Senator Sonny Angara emphasized the need for the government to take an active role in safeguarding the national interest over Benham Rise so as to ensure that its benefits will be enjoyed by the country and the Filipinos. “We must protect our nation’s marine wealth and definitely, Benham Rise comprises the nation’s marine wealth. […]
Senator Bam Aquino called on the government to strengthen microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the country to give millions of Filipinos a better alternative from loan sharks and other informal lenders that burden them with unreasonable and high interest rates. “Dapat palakasin ng pamahalaan ang ating microfinance institutions upang tuluyan nang magwakas ang pagdepende ng […]
Senator Loren Legarda announced that the Paris Agreement on Climate Change will enter into force for the Philippines on Earth Day, April 22, 2017, one year after it signed the Treaty together with more than a hundred nations. The Philippines becomes the 138th state party to the Agreement after the Philippine Mission to the […]
Senator Sonny Angara is encouraging out-of-school youth to take advantage of the new law that included them among the beneficiaries of the government’s Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES), which provides short-term job opportunities to help them pursue and continue their education. “Higit na nangangailangan ng tulong ang ating mga out-of-school youth […]
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Tuesday greeted President Rodrigo Duterte a happy 72nd birthday and asked Filipinos to become Partners for Change as a gift to the President. Pimentel, President of the ruling PDP Laban party of which President Duterte is the Chairman, also pledged that their party remains solidly behind the latter […]
Campaigning is like a stage play. You’ve got the university classrooms as the stage, candidates as the actors, campaign support team as the crew, and of course the voters (students) as the audience that they all need to please. In several universities and schools in the Philippines, it’s campaign season for their student council elections. […]