It was another round of ‘madness’ for millions of Filipino consumers before the strike of midnight on Thursday (May 23), as most parts of Luzon grid had been tormented with one to 1.5-hour rotational brownouts. In the franchise area of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) alone, more than 487,000...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, May 24 took the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to task in penalizing power-generating plants that may have breached their reliability index. Gatchalian’s call came in the face of looming rotating power outages,...
Photo from Pixabay Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Monday, May 20, said poverty should never be used as a justification for mothers to sell their babies, following the rescue of a newborn in Cavite that was sold online. He...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started the implementation of the “Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program” (AKAP) to protect minimum wage earners from the devaluing effects of inflation on their purchasing power. In a statement on Monday, May 20, DSWD Secretary Rex...
Senator Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian (Sen. Gatchalian's Office) Senator Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian is pushing for the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) training and certification of senior high school teachers under the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to conduct an aggressive back-to-school campaign that will focus on the almost 11 million out-of-school children and youth (OSCY) in the country. The senator made the call following the release of a report from the Philippine...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has held a dialogue with its partner-stakeholders to discuss the agency’s proposed implementation of adoption and alternative child care programs and services in all residential-based facilities dedicated to children nationwide. DSWD...
Senator Win Gatchalian (Senate PRIB) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has castigated the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) over its issuance of provisional licenses to “high-risk” Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). In a statement, the...
(Unsplash) Warning against complacency amid the scorching summer, Senator Sherwrin Gatchalian told local government units (LGUs) on Saturday, May 11 to be wary of possible fires under the prevailing warm weather. The senator made...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has advised graduating senior high school learners taking the technical-vocational-livelihood (TVL) track to undergo the free assessment program in a bid to improve their...
At least two senators welcomed President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s call to accelerate moves to revert to the old school calendar by next year. In an interview, Marcos had agreed there is a need to shift to the old school calendar in order to counter the effects of the...
(Unsplash) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is prodding the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to come up with more granular and location-specific heat indices that will help schools and local...
