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Senator Dick Gordon is urging the government to come up with a comprehensive plan to control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as health experts warn of its presence despite the discovery of a vaccine. “Unang-una, kailangan meron tayong grand plan on how we are going to quell COVID. And that’s gonna be here, anywhere from […]
While imposing new taxes on ‘junk food’ could help curb children’s consumption of food with little or no nutritional value, Senator Win Gatchalian said it is equally important to protect children from harmful commercial marketing that promotes unhealthy products. A study released this year by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), […]
All graduates with degrees in the fields of medicine, nursing and other related fields who have not yet secured their licenses to practice are required to join a proposed medical reserve corps that Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte wants established to supplement frontliners in the healthcare system during times of national health emergencies and disasters such as […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO), Facebook Philippines, Lazada, and Shopee have partnered to launch a program that will support women entrepreneurs using digital platforms. The Connecting Women Entrepreneurs to the Digital Economy project of DTI and the private sector aims […]
To protect informal workers and to ensure they receive aid from the government in times of emergencies, Senator Sonny Angara is calling for the creation of a national database of all members of the informal economy. In filing Senate Bill 1636 or the Informal Economy Registration and National Database Act, Angara noted how a significant […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the government to train and hire K to 12 graduates to meet the country’s demands for contact tracers in the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Though the K to 12 program promises to boost the employability of its graduates, Gatchalian emphasized that the economic crisis resulting from the pandemic […]
Citing the important role of the media in nation-building, Senator Dick Gordon called on journalists to provide the public, not only with accurate updates on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, but also to inform the people on what should be done to ensure victory over the disease, particularly on the importance of getting tested. […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar underscored the need to introduce policy shifts in governing food systems to achieve the “overarching goal” of ensuring food security in the country amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. During the first Pre-State of the Nation Address (Pre-SONA) forum, Dar said the COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis that has impacted […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported that construction of big-ticket projects of the government are on track despite the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In a virtual presser after the pre-State of the Nation Address (SONA) forum by economic and infrastructure clusters, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said the construction of projects are […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the government to carry out a subsidy program similar to the Paycheck Protection Program of the United States to prevent further lay-offs in the country as quarantine measures take a huge bite out of businesses’ bottom line. Gatchalian explains that a Paycheck Protection Program is a loan program designed to […]