Senator Francis Tolentino expressed his belief that once the Archipelagic Sea Lanes (ASL) law is enacted, and eventually accepted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), it can strengthen the position of the Philippines in the ongoing territorial disputes and aggression of adversarial...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has underscored the need for the creation of a Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control following the declaration of a gastroenteritis outbreak in Baguio City. Gatchalian is a co-author of the proposed Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC)...
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said that the 2024 national budget has allocated P210-million for the implementation of mental health programs and advocacies of the Department of Education (DepEd). Gatchalian said that he originally proposed P160-million for the implementation of mental health programs to...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian says that with the signing of the 2024 national budget, the free assessment for national certification of Grade 12 learners taking the Technical-Vocational and Livelihood (TVL) track is assured. Under the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA), the final amount of P438.16...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Friday, Dec. 22 that he will continue to take a "special interest" in cases involving individuals who pose as staff members of his office for extortion purposes. He made this statement after the Pasay Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 115 dismissed the estafa case...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for the idea of having at least one public math and science high school in all provinces in the Philippines. According to Gatchalian, this is to help address the stagnation of Filipino learners’ mathematical and scientific literacy, as shown in the latest...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalaian believes that addressing the prevalence of hunger and malnutrition among children is essential to seeing improvements in the performance of learners in the country. In a statement, Gatchalian cited the results of the 2022 Programme for International Student...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian underscored the importance of local government units' (LGUs) role in addressing issues related to food inflation. In particular, the senator zeroed in on the adherence to Executive Order (EO) 41. According to Gatchalian, the said EO, signed by President Marcos...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill that seeks to amend the 57-year-old Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, or Republic Act (RA) No. 4670. In a statement, Gatchalian said that the bill sought to address new and persisting challenges that public school teachers face because of the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian believes that maximizing the use of digitalization can help promote the culture of reading among learners and their communities. (Photo from the Office of Senator Sherwin Gatchalian) “We have to be realistic that the world is now becoming digital. If you want instant...
The training of teachers for the MATATAG K to 10 curriculum has received an allocation of P1.5 billion, which the Senate Committee on Finance accepted upon the recommendation of Senator Sherwin Gatchalian. (Photo from the Office of Senator Sherwin Gatchalian) Under the Senate finance panel’s...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has proposed the creation of a line item that would fund mental health programs under the Department of Education (DepEd) with a corresponding budget of P160 million for 2024. (Photo from the Office of Senator Sherwin Gatchalian) Gatchalian points out that despite...
