Senator Alan Peter Cayetano A good way to strengthen the country’s primary health care system is to appoint a sufficient number of Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) across the country and raise their status from being volunteers to government workers. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is pushing for this...
A local ally of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano in the House of Representatives is pushing for a bill that would grant each Filipino family a one-time cash assistance of P10,000. Referred to the House Committee on Social Services during plenary session last March 22 was House Bill (HB) No.7698, or the...
A 101-year-old female centenarian received P100,000 as a birthday gift from the Taguig City government. Centenarian Aniceta Rayos from Barangay Ligid-Tipas in Taguig gets a cake and a check worth P100,000 from OSCA Taguig on her 101st birthday on March 20. (Photo from the Taguig City...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano commended Senator Pia Cayetano for getting elected to the Inter-Parliamentary Union's (IPU) Standing Committee on UN Affairs. Senator Cayetano, who is in Bahrain for the 146th IPU Assembly, bagged the position of the Asia-Pacific Group (APG) representative to the...
Two women lawmakers, Senator Pia Cayetano and Pangasinan Rep. Maria Rachel Arenas have been elected to key standing committees of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on Saturday, March 11. *Philippine Senator Pia S. Cayetano was elected Asia-Pacific Group (APG) representative to the 18-member IPU...
Senators are now looking into the inclusion of sightlines in the bill seeking to strengthen conservation and protection of Philippine cultural heritage sites through cultural mapping to prevent a repeat of the Torre De Manila fiasco. The Rizal Monument at the Rizal Park in Manila. (Photo by Juan...
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon has proposed her own version of the P10,000 "ayuda" or government subsidy for Filipino families. P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon (Facebook) In a tweet Friday, March 3, Guanzon said that the proposed budget of P28 billion for the planned constitutional...
The government should first test the viability of having a sovereign wealth fund before proceeding with the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) through existing government corporations like the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Social Security System (SSS). Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano...
The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) would not be dissolved upon the creation of the proposed Center for Disease Control (CDC), Senator Pia Cayetano said on Monday, February 13. Cayetano disclosed this during her sponsorship speech on Senate Bill No. 1869 which contains Committee...
Senators slammed the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the implementing agency of the VAPE Law, over the proliferation of banned vape flavors sold in outlets targeting the youth in plain view and in clear violation of the law. Sen. Pia Cayetano, chairman of committee on sustainable...
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano expressed reservations on the passage of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill. Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III also said his minority block would attempt to stop the passage of the MIF bill by the pro-administration Senate. The Senate banks committee...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero urged the Marcos government to address the “many gaps and loopholes” in the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) law and clarify its purpose to the Filipino people. Escudero said the MIF bill, in its current form, needs further amendments to strengthen...
