Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara believes that the Tatak Pinoy Act can help address the bureaucratic red tape that continues to be a hindrance to the entry of additional investments to the country. According to Angara, this bureaucratic red tape has long been the gripe of foreign investors who...
The University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law Team posing for a photo after winning the 2024 Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition (Jessup White & Case LLP’s Facebook page). Winning the competition...
BETTER DAYS The Philippine National Police reported a rise in cybercrime cases during the first quarter of 2024. According to the police’s Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG), there were 4,469 cases recorded from January to March of 2024. This was an increase of almost 22 percent from the 3,668 cases...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Tuesday, April 9 urged the private sector to participate in the work of crafting the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 11981 or the Tatak Pinoy (Proudly Filipino) Act. Angara said the private sector, as the principal...
BETTER DAYS Over the past few weeks we have started seeing an alarming trend of schools suspending onsite classes because of extreme heat being experienced in various areas of the country. With temperatures reaching the high 30s and over 40 degrees Celsius, students and teachers alike have found...
Angara gave this assurance to the country’s public school teachers. Previously known as the chalk allowance, the teaching supplies allowance is meant for the purchase of tangible or intangible supplies and materials, the payment of other incidental expenses, and the implementation or...
BETTER DAYS There is growing excitement about the implementation of Republic Act 11981 or the Tatak Pinoy (TP) Act — the law that will pave the way for stronger collaboration between the government and the private sector towards the development of Philippine industries, sustainable economic...
Students planning to travel during the Holy Week should still avail of the 20 percent discount on transport fare, Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said on Wednesday, March 27. According to Angara, the 20 percent discount on regular fares still applies regardless of what mode of...
BETTER DAYS As we celebrate National Women’s Month, we look back to the accomplishments of Filipinas and the issues that are relevant to them as part of the continuous effort to promote women empowerment and gender equality. In the past year we were witness to several milestones for some...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said that they will study the House of Representatives’ plan to transmit the Resolution of Both Houses No. 7 (RBH 7) directly to the poll body. "We will seriously study the proper course of action in the event that that will happen,"...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Monday, March 18 rejected the House of Representatives’ plan to transmit Resolution of Both Houses No. 7 (RBH 7) directly to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) citing the “bicameral system” of both the House and the Senate. “With...
BETTER DAYS Since the economy opened up after the Covid-19 pandemic, tourism has been a key contributor to the growth of the Philippine economy. Based on official data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, tourism made up 6.2 percent of the economy as measured by gross domestic product. The...
