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A bill seeking to increase the hazard pay of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel in conflict areas, including civilian doctors and nurses has been filed in the Senate. Senator Manny Pacquiao has filed Senate Bill No. 970 seeking to increase the current P540 monthly hazard pay of AFP personnel in conflict areas […]
The Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship has formed a technical working group (TWG) to further study a bill seeking to regulate the parking rates in various establishments for all motor vehicles. Senator Win Gatchalian said the TWG would thresh out Senate Bill No. 745, or the Parking Fees Regulation Act, which proposes standardization […]
Senator Bong Go is encouraging whistleblowers to come forward and testify in the Senate. “We encourage all whistleblowers. Magsalita kayo. Kung gusto niyong tulungan ang Pilipinas na magbago, sabihin ninyo ang totoo, 100 percent, walang dagdag, walang kulang,” Go said in an ambush interview during his visit to fire victims in Bago Bantay in Quezon […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to go back to the drawing board and revisit its public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) amid its lukewarm reception from a majority of transport groups. Gatchalian, chairman of the Committee on Finance (Subcommittee E), made the call when he presided over the hearing of […]
The newly-constituted Senate committee that tackles tertiary, and technical-vocational education issues has begun public hearings into proposals to expand benefits for personnel in state universities and colleges (SUCs). At the hearing, stakeholders welcomed proposals to provide healthcare benefits for teaching and non-teaching SUC personnel, and in-campus housing for faculty members, two measures authored and pursued […]
Senator Bong Go expressed his “full support” for the proposed 2020 budget of the Department of Tourism (DOT) at the hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance recently. “I am one with the Department of Tourism and Secretary (Bernadette Romulo-Puyat) in their efforts to boost the country’s international appeal while safeguarding the interests of the […]
The Senate Committee on Civil Service, Government Reorganization, and Professional Regulation, led by its chairman, Sen. Bong Revilla, and the Senate Committee on Finance have jointly approved Comm. Report No. 13 which seeks to institutionalize the night shift differential pay of government employees. SBN 643, filed and sponsored by Revilla, seeks to grant night shift […]
Even as Congress goes on a one-month recess, it is business as usual at all Senate regular standing, oversight and special committees. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri filed a resolution authorizing all committees of the Senate “to conduct hearings, meetings and consultations during every recess of the Senate to have a continuity in the […]
The Senate has adopted a resolution honoring and commending teachers and educators for their hard work and commitment in shaping the country’s future leaders. Senate Resolution No. 142 was adopted to consolidate Senate Resolution Nos. 149 and 155, authored by Senators Bong Revilla, Win Gatchalian and Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri respectively. October 5 […]
Senator Bong Go again pushed for the creation of the Philippine High School for Sports (PHSS) during the Senate hearing on Senate Bill (SB) 1086. Go said that he has always been “very vocal and public about my advocacy of passing this legislative measure, through my filing of SB No. 397 last July,” and urges […]