Senator Grace Poe has filed a bill that would pave the way for the timely registration of vulnerable Filipino children to assure them of recognition and protection from the government. Sen. Grace Poe Poe's measure, Senate Bill 332 or the Children in Need of Special Protection (CNSP) Birth...
Acting Senate President Pro Tempore Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday, July 14 said he is ecstatic on the designation of Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary and spokesperson Ma. Rosario S. Vergeire as DOH officer-in-charge (OIC). “She brings with her all her experience fighting this Covid-19...
Senator Grace Poe has refiled her bill seeking to improve internet service and access across the country. (Office of Senator Grace Poe) “The internet has become a necessity as indispensable as electricity and water. We rely on it for health, education, business, governance and more," Poe said....
Senator Grace Poe today July 11 said care should be adopted in declaring a state of emergency/calamity on food security as some could use it to justify wanton importation and relaxation of controls on imported goods that would only further cripple the agriculture sector. ‘’The call to declare a...
Senator Grace Poe has sought the grant of powers to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to suspend the increase in contributions to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to spare the Filipinos from additional burden during critical times. "The hike comes at a time when our people...
Senator Grace Poe has refiled her bill seeking to provide for the automatic suspension of excise tax on gasoline and diesel. The suspension will take effect when the average Dubai crude oil price based on the Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPs) exceeds $80 per barrel over a three-month period. Earlier,...
Senators will try to have a bill enacted into law mandating the registration of all Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards being used by cell[phones and electronic gadgets. This after incoming Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senators Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa and Grace Poe filed the...
Senator Grace Poe today June 28 said that no Filipino child should be denied the love and support of a family. Poe said this as she welcomed the finalization of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act, or Republic Act (RA)...
Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, June 23 criticized the delays in the printing and delivery of the National ID designed to provide Filipino people a valid proof of identity in one card. Poe said the long wait of six months to over a year to get the ID is "unjustifiable." She emphasized that the...
Senator Grace Poe has called on government agencies to lead the way in implementing truly beneficial work-from-home arrangements for civil servants amid the transport woes, but without compromising prompt and reliable delivery of services to all citizens. Poe, chairwoman of the Senate public...
Senator Grace Poe said on Monday, June 13 that she would refile the proposed Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Act to combat the slew of text scams that prey on the need and vulnerability of the Filipino people. ‘’The hard times make many of our citizens easy victims to fake...
Senator Grace Poe has called on the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to increase their efforts to halt rampant text scams victimizing many unsuspecting mobile phone users in the country Poe, chairwoman of the Senate...
