The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) officials have not learned from past mistakes, Senator Grace Poe said. Poe said the power outage at the NAIA Terminal 3 today, Monday, May 1, shows another disruptive failure of the airport systems causing...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, April 28, said she expects the Water Resources Management Office (WRMO) to plunge into action to address the water service interruption being experienced by households and businesses. Poe issued the statement following the issuance of an Executive Order placing WRMO...
Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, April 27 slammed the Land Transportation Office (LTO) over its plan to allow motorists to rely on Do-It-Yourself (DIY) as a means to address the current shortage on vehicle plates. "From license cards to motorcycle plates and car plates, the LTO has earned a notorious...
The Senate public services committee sees the favorable decision of the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) law a big boost as registration continues. Senator Grace Poe, committee chairperson, said the decision affirms the need to have all mobile...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, April 25, welcomed the decision of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to extend the period for registering Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards for 90 days. The deadline for SIM card registration is tomorrow, April 26. Poe, head of the...
Senator Grace Poe (Senate PRIB) Senator Grace Poe on Friday, April 21, said the shortage in driver’s license plastic cards should be nipped in the bud before it could create another gargantuan backlog for the Land Transportation Office (LTO). Issuing a license printed on paper is prone to wear...
Major shipping and logistic groups support the decision of the Senate to investigate, in aid of legislation, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) for its issuances that the groups claimed could lead to increase in logistics cost and price of food and basic commodities. The hearing will be conducted...
Senator Grace Poe said on Wednesday, April 5 that all transport systems should be in place as majority of travelers hit the road at the start of the Holy Week holidays. “The surge of passengers in bus terminals, seaports and airports during this season has been a yearly occurrence,” Poe...
Senator Grace Poe said Friday, March 24, that she would push for the passage of a Freedom of Information (FOI) law - one that gives more access to information than restrictions. ‘’While an executive order on Freedom of Information (FOI) is laudable, our overarching goal is to institutionalize...
Senator Grace Poe, on Sunday, March 19 called on authorities to clamp down on mobile phone scammers without providing any letup on the ongoing Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration. Poe, principal author of the SIM Registration Act, said scam messages through text still appear in...
Senator Grace Poe hailed on Monday, July 25 the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for being “pointed, forceful, and aggressive". “It confronted gut issues head-on such as hunger that puts at the center the continuation of the feeding program for...
House Asst. Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro on Thursday, August 5 is confident that Senator Grace Poe will scrutinize closely the proposed renewal of legislative franchises of two Metro Manila water concessionaires, saying that this is what the House of Representatives...