Senators on Thursday, January 4 urged the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to ensure no student would be displaced with the discontinuation of the Senior High School (SHS) program in state universities (SUCs) and local universities and colleges...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, January 3 called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to explain the continued delay in the submission of a new energy roadmap. Gatchalian pointed out the DOE is supposed to submit to Congress an updated energy roadmap by September 15 of each year...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, January 2 assured that the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA) or Republic Act No. 11975 has sufficient allocation to address possible funding deficiency in free higher education in state universities and colleges (SUCs). Gatchalian said the 2024 GAA...
The government should prepare policies on energy transition amid mounting calls for a coal phaseout, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said. Gatchalian pointed out that the development of more renewable energy (RE) projects in the country is expected to bring down power costs and ensure sufficiency...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, December 29 urged the government to pursue investments in agriculture even as he welcomes Malacañang’s move to extend reduced tariff rates on imported key agricultural commodities. Gatchalian is referring to Executive Order No. 50 issued by President...
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 has called on businesses and residential owners to exercise prudence in using electricity especially during the holiday season as the country experiences a surge in electricity usage. Gatchalian made the call as the country observes the National Energy...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, December 25 urged beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to register in the government’s lifeline electricity rate program to avail of electricity bill discounts. Gatchalian said Republic Act 11552 or an Act Extending and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, December 24 renewed his call for a ban on the sale, distribution, and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices ahead of New Year festivities. Gatchalian said that while there has been a significant decrease in the number of fireworks-related...
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...
It seems that people misread the alleged conversations of Rob Gomez, Herlene Budol and Bianca Manalo that seeped into social media recently. No, there's nothing salacious about it. For Rob, it was just a mere case of robbery, plain and simple. He said so himself, relating in a statement how his...
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...
