As the domestic economy continued to battle the impact of COVID-19 and the devastation from successive typhoons, Senator Imee Marcos urged the Duterte administration’s economic managers to be ‘bold, aggressive and quick’ economic stimulus response instead of the current “anemic” stimulus...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Early last week, I sponsored the committee report on 2021 budget, marking the beginning of plenary debates in the Senate. The national budget is one of the most important legislative measures that Congress must craft and pass every year. It is even more important...
Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina FINDING ANSWERS For Joe Biden who will lead the United States as its 46th president starting January 20, the ups and downs of life have been in extremes. The exhilarating thrill of his political victories matched with unspeakable sorrow of personal tragedies prompted...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Education has always been an important aspect of Filipino culture. How many times have we heard that a good education is the most important inheritance parents can give to their children? But now, in the Next Normal that COVID-19 has brought, education as we know it...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina As Americans decide on who should lead the United States in the next four years, many remain unsure of the final outcome of the November 3 US election. Would US Republican President Donald Trump be reelected, thereby proving the vast majority of...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara The Next Normal will no doubt require a radical rethinking of how we approach interactions services, including how we make and receive payments. Digital payment systems offer the best approach for streamlining financial transactions, and will make it easier for us...
Healthy soils are the foundation of habitats of living beings. They lay the groundwork, so to speak, in producing food, clean water, and other needs of life on earth. But in the last decade, deterioration and degradation of soil have been a cause of concern and even alarm, since it threatens food...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Many countries are now in the midst of a fundamental change in the way people live, work, and relate to each other, using amazing technological advances merging digital, biological, and physical worlds. This earth-shaking fundamental change is being...
Angelo Kouame (UAAP Images) Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara has filed a bill endorsing the entry of Angelo Kouame to Gilas Pilipinas and also sought to grant him Philippine citizenship. Angara, who filed Senate Bill No. 1892, said the move is part of the country’s ongoing efforts to...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Any crime, if proven to be true, should be given the proper punishment — such as incarceration — with circumstances in consideration. Sometimes, however, the act of imprisoning someone may prove to be detrimental to the person’s well-being or may even...
In addressing the continuous decline in palay prices, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) is asking the government to follow the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) and impose safeguard duties on rice imports instead of resorting to decisions such as the proposed suspension on the issuance of sanitary...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina It’s understandable why an exasperated President Duterte has often thought of simply giving up and resigning over rampant corruption in the country. Despite all the laws and severe penalties against dishonest public officials and employees, endemic...
