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Senator Bong Go filed his first 10 pet bills aimed at achieving “genuine positive change” felt by all Filipinos for the first regular session of the 18th Congress. Topping Go’s priority legislation is a bill that seeks to institutionalize the establishment of Malasakit Centers in more provinces and strategic urban centers in the country to […]
Senator-elect Bong Go laid down his priority bills for the Filipino people once he is seated in the Senate, with the increase of public school teachers’ salaries on top. Go bared his plan to increase the salary of public-school teachers after the implementation of the fourth and final tranche of their compensation adjustment in 2019 […]
Senator-elect Bong Go expressed his sincerest gratitude to the Filipino community in an event held in Tokyo, Japan as part of the four-day visit of President Rodrigo Duterte. “Maraming salamat po sa oportunidad na ipinagkaloob ninyo sa akin upang pagsilbihan kayo. Hindi po lahat ng mga Pilipino ay nabibigyan ng pribiliheyo na tumulong na paangatin […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is urging the families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Libya to convince their loved ones to return to the Philippines as soon as possible after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised to the highest level the crisis alert in the North African state due to intense fighting around the […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is looking forward to having more social welfare attachés (SWAs) in Philippine embassies and consulates, especially in countries with high concentration of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), once the bill seeking to institutionalize their deployment abroad is signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte. The enrolled copy of the measure establishing the […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara urged government to guarantee the safety and security of all Filipinos in Libya amid escalating military tensions there, as he appealed to workers in the North African country to heed the call of the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) for their voluntary repatriation to the Philippines. “We are appealing to all […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families should take advantage of the wide range of services and benefits under a law that institutionalized and strengthened the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Angara said that under Republic Act 10801 or the OWWA Act of 2016, the benefits and services, among them […]
Electric cooperatives (ECs) are urged to form partnerships with cable television service providers and telecommunication companies to advance the government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP), which aims to “significantly” improve the internet service in the country. Speaking at the NBP forum at the Grand Meng Seng Hotel in Davao City on February 15, Acting Secretary Eliseo […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III on Sunday repeated his call for the immediate creation of a national level Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFW). Pimentel said government cannot ignore the fact that almost one in every 11 Filipinos, is working overseas, and that their welfare should be fully ensured and protected at all times. “We’re talking […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles lauded Filipino seafarers as “the best and most trusted in the world” during the inauguration of a training vessel at Manila’s South Harbor on Thursday. The Malacanang official addressed maritime industry leaders and stakeholders as the 78.6-meter and 750-ton M/V Kapitan Gregorio Oca, the country’s newest training vessel designed to further […]