The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) should give the Department of Education (DepEd) funds for the printing and issuance of certificates for students who have finished technical-vocational courses in senior high school so they can actually find work after graduation. Senator Alan...
The Marcos administration can approach former president Rodrigo Duterte as a backchannel negotiator for the Philippines to resolve the heightening tensions in the West Philippines Sea. Former president Rodrigo Duterte (MB file photo) Sen. Alan...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday, July 28 expressed his belief resolving the country’s issues with China on the West Philippine Sea can be done through a matured approach and not through an international assembly that could not enforce a ruling that favored the Philippine government. ...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, July 27 said she was not surprised to see Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano standing up to object to the Senate resolution that seeks to prod the government to raise the Philippines’ concerns on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to the United Nations General Assembly...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday, July 26 urged members of the Senate to “tread carefully and get the right information” before approving a resolution calling on the Philippine government to raise its concerns over China’s incursions in the West Philippine Sea before the United...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday, May 22 renewed his push for the government to pursue modernized, internet-based transactions to make more public service more efficient in the long run. Cayetnao said adopting an e-governance policy “can be a game-changer for the Philippines” but both...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday, May 16, urged the Philippine government to once and for all define its strategy on the West Philippine Sea, saying it must lay out a clear strategy for maintaining the country’s territorial right to the contested area. In a manifestation during the...
Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco While the House Committee on Energy is "very committed" to the efforts to amend the 22-year-old Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), it says the Senate should also get a move on things. During a briefing held by the committee with energy...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday, May 3 renewed his vow to pursue the passage of the measure that seeks to provide P10,000 cash aid for each family. Cayetano insisted the government has sufficient funds to implement such program. “We will continue to push for it. May pera, pero...
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...
The House Appropriations Committee has approved the funding provision of a consolidated measure seeking to establish "disaster food banks" in every province in the Philippines. One of these, House Bill (HB) No.5245, was authored by Dinagat Island lone district Rep. Alan 1 B. Ecleo. “Our...
