BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara The Senate and the House of Representatives recently approved the bicameral conference committee report on the 2021 national budget, amounting to P4.1 trillion. This is historic because of the circumstances surrounding the budget’s passage—more so because of the...
The completion of the Las Piñas-Zapote River Drive project would prevent flooding and solve the traffic problem in Las Piñas City, Sen. Cynthia Villar said yesterday. Twenty-four kilometers have been completed since 2012 and five more kms are slated to be built in the next two years, she added....
TOL VIEWS Senator Francis ‘Tol’ N. Tolentino Last 7 December 2020, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution No. 585, filed by Senator Richard J. Gordon, honoring and commemorating the delegates of the constitutional conventions, and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Constitutional...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar We are all waiting for that magic formula, the vaccine that would finally put an end to the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed and infected millions, disrupted our lives, halted our economies, and made our world come to a halt. The...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara In July, 2019, at the beginning of the 18 th Congress, we filed Senate Resolution 10, calling for the appropriate Senate committees to conduct an inventory and inquiry into the government’s initiatives related to our seas and oceans. Our primary aim...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina The one and only way to economic recovery for the Philippines is through government spending. This basic truth was pointed out by Marikina Rep. Stella Luz A. Quimbo, one of the most brilliant minds in Congress, who guested in my Teleradyo program Sagot...
Over the weekend, minority floor leader Senator Franklin Drilon celebrated his 75th birthday in one of his children’s homes. His eldest daughter with the late Atty. Violeta Calvo-Drilon, Eliza Drilon-Luna, posted last Saturday, November 28, their celebration at home, hosted by Eliza’s sister...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara The pandemic has disrupted many aspects of our children’s lives—their education, perhaps the most significantly. But as we adapt to distance and online learning, the difficulty of this change is more profound for Learners with Disabilities (LWDs). The ensuing...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez is amenable to a proposal to review the mandate of the Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC), which is alleged to have P33 billion in “parked” funds for the procurement projects of various government agencies. Trade and Industry Secretary...
The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) senate-approved budget for 2021 is P86 billion, which is only 30 percent of the agency’s original budget proposal of P280 billion. In a statement, DA said the senate in a plenary session approved the proposed P85.58-billion budget of the DA, including those...
Senator Miguel Zubiri At the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) held in Clark, Pampanga, last December 2019, the Philippine National Arnis Team made history, bagging 14 out of the 20 gold medals, plus four silver and two bronze medals in the Arnis competitions—an exceptional feat for a team...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina There’s both good and bad news concerning the much-awaited vaccine that is widely seen as humanity’s only way out of this crippling coronavirus pandemic. But let’s discuss the good news first. It’s certainly an “incredible milestone for...
