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Kitchen Equipment is a Basic Education Facility – POE

  Government should start treating kitchen equipment as a basic education facility that can be used to feed kids in school and to teach them home economics courses, Senator Grace Poe stressed. Poe said there is a huge backlog in food preparation and storage equipment in public schools “which in turn hamper the latter’s mission […]

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Protect Whistleblowers with System of Rewards and Security – POE

  Senator Grace Poe endorsed the immediate passage of the proposed Whistleblower’s Protection Act to encourage more people to come out undeterred in the light of reports that cops involved in drug slays are seeking protection from the Church. “We encourage everyone to come out but we also have to have something in place to […]

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TV Stations to Use Subtitles for the Benefit of the Deaf – POE

  Senator Grace Poe today urged television networks to comply with the recently passed law that obliges TV stations to use subtitles for the benefit of the deaf and hard of hearing and provide them access to important programs. Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on public information and mass media and primary author of […]

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Expansion of School-Based Feeding Program Eyed – POE

  Senator Grace Poe is drumming up support for the expansion of the school-based feeding program (SBFP) to cover more beneficiaries and address malnutrition which is still plaguing Filipino schoolchildren. During the Senate hearing of the Department of Education’s proposed P612.11-billion budget for 2018, Poe said the government could expand the program–which currently covers “wasted” […]

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Longer Validity Periods for Prepaid Loads – POE

  Senator Grace Poe vowed to advance the interest of millions of mobile prepaid subscribers in the country as she pressed for longer validity periods for prepaid loads. Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on public services, said she is set to call for technical working group meetings to thresh out concerns surrounding prepaid load […]

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Feeding Program a Safety Net Against Malnutrition – POE

  Senator Grace Poe vowed to push for final approval of funding the government’s feeding program included in next year’s proposed P3.767 trillion spending plan, as she stressed that the program was a form of a safety net for students suffering from malnutrition. Poe, a staunch advocate of free nutri-meals for students, said a total […]

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Police Operatives Must Wear Body Cameras in Their Operations – POE

  Senator Grace Poe is proposing that police operatives wear body cameras in their operations amid public outrage over a spate of killings, including those of minors, in the administration’s war against illegal drugs. “Yung sinasabi ninyong mas importante ang baril kesa sa body cam–ito’y magpoprotekta lang din sa ating mga pulis. Kasi ngayon, sasabihin […]