The Bureau of Immigration (BI) should identify at the soonest possible time who helped former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque escaped the country undetected, two senators on Wednesday, December 4 said. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, head of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, December 1, reiterated his push for a P300-million additional allocation for the procurement of textbooks and other learning materials in the proposed 2025 national budget. The P300-million was added to the P12.4-billion originally allocated for...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has sought an investigation into the tax leakages supposedly due to the proliferation and unscrupulous use of bogus person with disability (PWD) identification cards. Gatchalian, in filing Senate Resolution No. 1239, said he has received reports of individuals...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called for the creation of homes for the elderly managed by local government units (LGUs) as he noted a growing number of abandoned senior citizens in the country. Gatchalian made the call during the Senate deliberations on the proposed budget of the National...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) should adopt a proactive approach in dealing with the cancellation of alien employment permits (AEPs) issued to foreign workers in the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said. Gatchalian made the call...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, November 18 pushed anew for a higher intelligence fund for the Philippine National Police (PNP) to boost the campaign against Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO)-related crimes. Gatchalian noted that POGOs continue to defy the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a resolution seeking to investigate the spread of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the Philippines. Gatchalian says that the probe seeks to provide a safer online environment for young people. “It is important that we make sure that child...
Senators find it unnecessary to grant the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s (PhilHealth) request for additional subsidy under their proposed budget for next year when it has yet to provide sufficient financial relief to patients. Sen. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito, principal sponsor and...
Voting 14-3, the Senate approved on Monday, Nov. 11, Senate Bill No. 2793 or the Philippine Natural Gas Industry Development Act on third and final reading. Sen. Pia S. Cayetano expresses gratitude to her colleagues who supported the passage of Senate Bill No. 2793 or the Philippine Natural Gas...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, November 8, clarified that he never lent his protocol plates to anyone. Gatchalian issued the statement rejecting information linking him to the white Cadillac Escalade sport utility vehicle (SUV) which illegally passed through the EDSA bus lane. ...
Despite the issuance of a Supreme Court (SC) ruling that excluded Sulu from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the Bangsamoro Transition Authority seems reluctant to redistribute the 7 seats left by Sulu. This was expressed by lawyer Omar Yaser Sema, Deputy BTA Parliament...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, November 7 said he does not condone traffic violations even if this is committed by a person linked to the company of a relative. “I do not condone the traffic violations committed by the management of Orient Pacific Corporation. As a public...
