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More than a year ahead of the 2022 polls, Senator Win Gatchalian pushed anew for tax exemption on the honoraria, travel allowance, and other benefits granted to poll workers, especially the teachers, officials, and personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd). Senate Bill No. 1193, which Gatchalian filed in 2019, seeks to further amend Section […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is seeking the immediate and smooth distribution of aid for displaced teaching and non-teaching personnel now that the Bayanihan to Recover As One Act (Bayanihan 2) is signed into law. On September 10, The Department of Education (DepEd) reported that 748 out of 14,435 private schools nationwide are not operating for the […]
Consumers can heave a sigh of relief, as the recently signed ‘Bayanihan to Recover as One Act’ or ‘Bayanihan 2’ provides for a 30-day moratorium on the payment of their most recent utility bills. Senator Win Gatchalian said a provision in the measure assures a 30-day grace period for payment of utility bills covering those […]
Senators lauded their colleague, Senator Gringo Honasan, and wished him well after he accepted the offer of President Rodrigo Duterte to be Secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Honasan said he decided to accept the President’s offer “for a better Philippines, a better government, for the Filipino people, and for a […]
Senator Win Gatchalian called for the scrapping of a plan by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA) to conduct mandatory drug tests on students, and instead proposed that the budget for the tests be used instead to hire more guidance counselors for the Department of Education (DepEd). DepEd previously noted that with at least 14 […]
Senator Win Gatchalian lauded the signing into law of a measure which strengthens resiliency among electric cooperatives by institutionalizing government support and financial assistance during disasters. President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act 11039, otherwise known as the Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund Act. The law provides that government shall allot funding under […]
Senator Win Gatchalian welcomed the creation of an independent body that will handle the wholesale electricity spot market (WESM) as mandated by EPIRA or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Republic Act No. 9136). “After a delay of almost 10 years, DOE has moved to institutionalize an independent market operator which will handle the electricity […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) to change its ‘anti-tambay’ operation into an ‘anti-pasaway’ campaign to address concerns that it would target innocent bystanders on the streets who were not violating the law. “Dapat nga lang malinaw natin kung ano ang intention ng mga pulis sa operasyon na ito. Kaya nga ho […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is looking to craft comprehensive legislation to develop the local natural gas industry as the country braces for the impending end of the Malampaya Gas-to-Power Project. The Malampaya project supplies fuel to five natural gas plants with a total installed capacity of 3,211 MW. This amounts to 21.33% of the installed capacity […]
To ensure “judicious, prudent, and sound economic planning” by the government, Senator Win Gatchalian wants to review the status, sustainability, and risks of projects under the Duterte administration’s “Build, Build, Build” (BBB) infrastructure program. In filing Senate Resolution No. 759, which calls for a Senate inquiry into the financial requirements of BBB, Gatchalian said: “There […]