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Senator Sonny Angara lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of the First 1,000 Days Law, calling it “an important step towards securing a brighter future for Filipino children.” According to Angara, principal author of the law, mothers and their children are now assured of better health care services during the early days of child development with […]
Senator Sonny Angara has pushed for additional funding to boost programs and services aimed at providing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with faster and more accessible government services. “The Senate will increase the budget of the Labor Department to improve its One-Stop Service Centers for OFWs to make government frontline services accessible to Filipinos who are […]
A bill seeking to require all schools with proper armchairs for left-handed students has been filed at the Senate. Senator Sonny Angara, author of Senate Bill No. 2114, said the bill aims to promote equal development of students by requiring educational institutions nationwide to provide left-handed armchairs for left-handed students. “Currently, left-handed students are left […]
Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for the allocation of P2.9 billion in the 2019 national spending package to fund the job promotion of faculty members in state universities and colleges (SUCs) nationwide. “After making tuition in SUCs free, the government should now aim at improving the quality of public higher education in the country, and […]
Senator Sonny Angara said the government should act swiftly to bring down consumer prices and release the unconditional cash transfer and fuel subsidy provided in the law after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the implementation of the second tranche of fuel excise tax hikes starting January next year. “Ang sa akin lang, kailangan ‘yung presyo bumaba […]
Senator Sonny Angara has filed a bill which seeks to ensure that health insurance premiums paid by employers for their employees remain tax-free. Angara earlier chided the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for issuing Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) 50-2018 which taxed group health insurance premiums, noting that such issuance was not included among the provisions […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called for the full implementation of laws aimed at empowering persons with disabilities (PWDs) with social protection and economic support. “We have enough laws protecting PWDs, and all that needs to be done is to fully and strictly implement these laws so that we can eliminate the barriers that prevent them […]
All Filipinos will get “bigger and better” PhilHealth benefits once the Universal Health Care (UHC) bill, which hurdled Senate-House reconciliation, becomes law, Senator Sonny Angara said. Angara, author of the measure, said UHC will channel more funds “to all aspects of public health” from free check-ups and medicines to improved hospitals all over the country. […]
Senator Sonny Angara has asked the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to withdraw its revenue memorandum circular which states that premiums on health cards shall be subject to tax. Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) 50-2018 (A7) provides that premiums on health cards paid by the employer for all employees shall be included as part of bonuses […]
Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for legislation that would officially designate the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), the country’s largest state university by student population, as the “National Polytechnic University.” In filing Senate Bill 2037, Angara seeks to strengthen the PUP as an institution and solidify its position as one of the country’s premier […]