YES TO RH BILL, SAYS CHIZ
Senator Chiz Escudero today voted yes to the highly-contentious Reproductive Health bill, saying he wants “each and every newborn Filipino to be a given fair and equal chance to uplift and improve […]
Month: December 2012
Solar power pump for Tabug zanjera
BATAC CITY, Dec. 13 — The Batac city government has turned over another solar-fed water pump to a beneficiary village to help farmers cope with the rising cost of fuel […]
VP BINAY TO ATTEND INDIA-ASEAN SUMMIT
Vice President Jejomar C. Binay will leave for New Delhi Monday to attend the Asean-India Commemorative Summit as representative of President Benigno Aquino III. The Vice President will also keynote […]
Tobacco growers to get P6 billion windfall from sin tax reform bill
LAOAG CITY – Contrary to tobacco farmers’ perception, the sin tax reform bill will provide additional P6 billion in tobacco excise tax funds to the four tobacco-growing provinces in Northern […]
Freedom of Information is a Must – Legarda
After the Philippine Senate passed on second reading Senate Bill 3208, or the People’s Ownership of Government Information (POGI) Act of 2012, Senator Loren Legarda reiterated that freedom of information […]
Finding Amy
Writing about someone you know is a very personal process. It’s not that I worry about writing something that will offend that person, but rather whether I can effectively communicate […]
Legarda Hopes to Increase Awareness on Int’l Anti-Human Trafficking Day
In light of December 12 being International Anti-Human Trafficking Day, Senator Loren Legarda hopes to increase awareness about the plight of human trafficking victims and efforts to combat human traffickers. “Today, I […]
SSS releases P10-B for December and 13th month pensions
The Social Security System (SSS) has disbursed a total of P9.88 billion for December and 13th month pensions for about 1.6 million SSS pensioners, who were granted double the amount of […]
UNA BATS FOR TOP-LEVEL CRISIS GROUP TO HANDLE LOOMING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN AREAS HIT BY ‘PABLO’
The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) today proposed a top-level crisis management team made up of Cabinet Secretaries to address what it described as a “looming humanitarian crisis” in areas badly […]
Use Geohazard Maps to Avoid Another Pablo – Legarda
In light of the devastation wrought by Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) on Visayas and Mindanao last week, Senator Loren Legarda advocated a nationwide information campaign on geohazard maps. “Based on the […]
