BETTER DAYS Looking back at 2023, we could say that the Senate and Congress as a whole had a very productive year in terms of fulfilling its mandate of crafting meaningful laws for the benefit of our people and the country. Congress had a strong working relationship with the executive branch. We...
BETTER DAYS Filipinos who require specialized medical care, particularly the ones who reside in far-flung areas will soon see more facilities that will cater to them with the enactment of Republic Act 11959 or the Regional Specialty Centers Act. As one of the authors of this measure, we thank...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Filipino families reunited during the holidays. For many, it was the first opportunity to be with each other again since the pandemic started in 2020. It was sweeter for many Overseas Filipino Workers, or OFWs, who toiled abroad despite the threat of Covid-19. The...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara In terms of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Philippines welcomed 2023 from a much better position than the year before. In January 2022, the presence of the then new Omicron variant—coupled with the increased risk of transmission due to the holidays—resulted in an...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Recently, President Bongbong Marcos, Jr. and his delegation left for Brussels, Belgium to attend the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit. The said summit marks the first time that ASEAN and EU leaders met collectively in a single meeting. The President reportedly held...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara The Global Gender Gap Report of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has long been a barometer for how well a country or an economy upholds equality between men and women—particularly in terms of economic participation and opportunity; educational attainment; health...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Recognizing the impact and contributions of our senior citizens to the overall growth of the country, my father—former Senate President Edgardo Angara—authored Republic Act No. 7432 or the Senior Citizens Act of 1992 which provided benefits and privileges to our...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara San Beda University recently held the fourth Edgardo J. Angara Memorial Public Lecture on Public Policy as part of its Venerable Bede discussion series. Conducted online and livestreamed, the lecture’s theme was on nurturing holistic health and well-being at home...
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 In the past week, we sponsored the Senate Finance Committee’s version of the proposed national budget for 2022. Interpellations on the different agency budgets have since started and are expected to wrap up within the coming weeks. Notably, what we’re debating...
