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Senator Sonny Angara said that the government should fast-track its projects on improving the country’s public transport system so that Filipinos will have a viable transportation option amid proposals to increase excise taxes on oil and automobiles. “The government wants to reduce the number of vehicles on the road to address traffic congestion kaya […]
Senator Sonny Angara has renewed his call for the immediate passage of bills granting special financial assistance and benefits to uniformed and law enforcement personnel in the wake of intense firefights between government forces and the Maute group in Marawi City. According to latest reports, the number of fallen government troops since May 23 […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on authorities to strengthen measures addressing gambling addiction in the country by making rehabilitation programs more accessible to problem gamblers. Angara made this call in the wake of the deadly attack on Resorts World Manila which left 38 people dead, including the gunman, Jessie Carlos, who was a gambling […]
Alarmed by reports on the presence of child combatants amid the clash between the Maute fighters and government troops in Marawi City, Senator Sonny Angara has called on government authorities to stop terrorist groups from using children to participate in hostilities. “Talaga pong nakakaalarma na pati ang ating mga kabataan na walang kamalay-malay ay […]
Senator Sonny Angara, a staunch education advocate, called for the approval of his proposed tax relief measure which would make tertiary education widely accessible to Filipinos especially for those who cannot qualify for scholarship grants and other assistance. Angara reiterated the appeal as he lamented that access to tertiary education remains problematic and elusive […]
Government workers’ midyear bonus envelopes, particularly those that are P82,000 and below, are fatter this year, according to Senator Sonny Angara. Angara, chairman of the Senate committee on ways and means, announced that the benefit of Republic Act 10653, which he authored and sponsored last year, mandating tax exemption for bonuses not over than […]
Senator Sonny Angara filed a measure that will ensure appropriate health care program for mothers and their children in their first 1,000 days. This developed as Angara urged his fellow senators to show their care for Filipino mothers by ensuring the smooth and prompt approval of the “First 1,000 Days Act” (SBN 136) bill […]
“Of all the forms of inquality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” – Senator Sonny Angara quoting the famous Martin Luther King Jr. Angara has filed a bill that mandates all government district hospitals, local health units and barangay health centers in all cities and municipalities to provide free medicine […]
Senator Sonny Angara has sought to grant tax incentives and other perks to foreign film makers should they shoot their movies here in the Philippines. The incentives are contained in Angara’s Senate Bill 1330, shortly titled, “Philippine Film and Television Tourism Act,” which, if enacted into law, will make locally-shot international movies huge “advertising […]
The anti-poverty strategy Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) may be discontinued should the next administration decides to scrap it, a move that would be detrimental to poverty-stricken Filipino families. This was warned by Senator Sonny Angara as he urged his colleagues to make the 4Ps program a law by enacting his proposed Senate Bill […]