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Senator Dick Gordon and Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri have called for the establishment of a separate prison facility for those convicted of heinous crimes to isolate them from other inmates. Gordon and Zubiri said these inmates should be serving their sentence separately to ensure that those convicted of heinous crimes shall be kept […]
The owner of the Chinese trawler may have apologized more than two months after the vessel hit a Philippine fishing vessel near the Recto Bank, but the apology did not acknowledge the abandonment of the Filipino fishermen who were abandoned at sea, Senator Dick Gordon has pointed out. “No mention has been made of the […]
To reduce the congestion in the country’s largest national penitentiary, Senator Dick Gordon said he favors the creation of a New Bilibid Prison (NBP) at Fort Magsaysay or Fort Mag military reservation in Nueva Ecija. Gordon said a national penitentiary at the more than 86,486-acre military reservation would be more conducive to the reformation and […]
Parents of children given the untried and largely untested Dengvaxia vaccine have complained to Senator Dick Gordon that they were not given proper information or have been warned of any side effects before their children were given the vaccine. During a consultation with Gordon, officials of the United Parents Against Dengvaxia (UPAD) lamented that their […]
Senator Dick Gordon said prison records should be digitized so that there would be prompt and accurate information of the time served by an inmate following the earlier announcement by Bureau of Corrections (BUCOR) Chief Nicanor Faeldon that 1,000 inmates may be mass released in all penal colonies in the country with the implementation of […]
Senator Dick Gordon said all people should be treated equally and with respect, whatever gender they may be. “Everyone has to live with who they are. The problem is society would not let them (LGBTQIA+) live for what they are…Convention has forced us to take traditional positions that we are going to have to make […]
Senator Dick Gordon hailed the signing into law of Republic Act 11362 or the Community Service Act, saying that with the Philippines having the most overcrowded jails in the world, the law will help address the problem of the country’s congested jails. “I thank President (Rodrigo) Duterte for enacting this law, which will be a […]
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman of the Philippine Red Cross, called on the public to initiate measures to protect themselves from dengue by cleaning their surroundings every day. Gordon made the call following the Department of Health’s declaration of a national dengue epidemic in the wake of the 146,062 cases recorded since January up to July […]
Following the Department of Health’s (DOH) declaration of a national dengue epidemic, Senator Dick Gordon has called on the agency to continue monitoring and testing all 800,000 Dengvaxia-vaccinated children to determine if they were seronegative or do not have a previous history of dengue. Gordon expressed concern over the health of children who were given […]
With government studying proposals to reintroduce the controversial Dengvaxia in the market after the Department of Health recorded more than 130,00 dengue cases as of mid-July, Senator Dick Gordon has proposed that the vaccine’s French manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur first re-apply for a license for the vaccine from the Food and Drug Authority (FDA). Gordon pointed […]