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Senator Win Gatchalian eyes introducing legislation that will give every public school learner a laptop and access to the internet. To emphasize the urgency of this planned measure, Gatchalian pointed to a finding by assessment instruments provider Center for Educational Measurement (CEM) on the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which revealed that access […]
Senator Win Gatchalian called on colleagues to have the bill seeking to lift the validity period of prepaid load credits for phones and internet services tackled in the Senate. “The harsh reality in this era of coronavirus pandemic is that we rely on information and communication technologies (ICT) in our daily life. And for those […]
Senator Win Gatchalian called on the government to ensure interventions that would prevent a possible spike in teenage pregnancies in storm-hit areas, a phenomenon observed in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda in 2013. Gatchalian cited a study by the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) in 2017, which revealed that […]
While learners affected by recent storms await the printing and distribution of new sets of learning materials, Senator Win Gatchalian proposed anew to resume classes through “purok workshops” if they are in COVID-19-free or ‘low-risk’ areas. According to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, it is crucial that recovery […]
Senator Win Gatchalian called for more than a 100-percent increase in an item in the proposed P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021 that will fund the electric cooperatives’ (EC) repair of damaged power lines and infrastructures. In sponsoring the National Electrification Administration’s (NEA) proposed budget, Gatchalian proposed an additional P550 million in the P200 million allocation […]
Amid the celebration of the National Children’s Month this November, Senator Win Gatchalian urged both public and private schools to boost their programs that raise awareness on children’s rights. According to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, upholding and protecting the rights of children is crucial given the adverse […]
While the Bicol region is still reeling from the impact of the recent slew of typhoons, Senator Win Gatchalian checked on how residents were coping from the devastation in Catanduanes, Albay, and Camarines Sur. Gatchalian, along with Valenzuela City Congressman Wes Gatchalian, Vice Mayor Lorie Natividad-Borja and Councilor Rovin Feliciano met with the provinces’ officials […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and local government units (LGUs) to ensure that relief efforts in the aftermath of typhoons address the needs of affected children, including their safety from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), […]
Senator Win Gatchalian hailed the Senate’s third reading approval of a measure that would increase teachers’ allowance for teaching supplies. Senate Bill No. 1092 or the Teaching Supplies Allowance Act of 2020, which Gatchalian co-authored and co-sponsored, aims to institutionalize and increase the annual teaching supplies allowance, previously known as the “chalk allowance,” from the […]
If businesses can operate at limited capacities, limited face-to-face classes should also be allowed. Senator Win Gatchalian made this call as he pitched the idea of holding limited face-to-face classes through ‘purok workshops’ in areas with little or no transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). For Gatchalian, holding these “purok workshops” can help address persisting […]