BETTER DAYS According to a 2017 study by the World Economic Forum (WEF), 40 percent of the youth consider social impact as a factor in choosing their careers. This conviction has led to the creation of several youth-led social enterprises and organizations that largely aim to tackle societal...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara In just seven weeks after his administration was formally inaugurated in late June of this year, President Bongbong Marcos transmitted to Congress his government’s proposed budget for 2023, otherwise known as the National Expenditure Program (NEP). The NEP details...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Every year on April 9 we honor our war veterans during the commemoration of the Araw ng Kagitingan or the Day of Valor. We remember how Filipino and American soldiers fought hand-in-hand against the Japanese in their invasion of the Philippines in 1942. For 93 days...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Whenever we talk about artists, there is no dispute that the Philippines has a wealth of talent. We only have to look at the long roster of artists of various disciplines who have produced some of the finest works that are recognized internationally. To name a few...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara In December 2021, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) released a study underscoring how across the ASEAN including the Philippines the youth were among the hardest hit as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on labor markets. Citing Q2 2020 data, the ADB study...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara This Oct. 23 marks the 4 th year since Marawi City was freed from the lawless elements who sought to turn the locality into a wilayat or an “administrative division” of the ISIS caliphate. On that day, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana declared the...
Better Days Senator Sonny Angara With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging, many can’t help but ask how some countries were able to curb the deadly disease while others struggled (and continue to struggle) to do so and prevent exponential loss of life and livelihood. In this regard, a recent...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara It is that time of the year again when we in Congress start buckling down to work on what some consider to be the most important law year in and year out—the country’s national budget. To emphasize just how important this measure is, in the Senate, the...
