Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, May 25, urged the government to start vaccinating “anyone who is willing” to get vaccinated against COVID-19, saying it is about time to move the general public up in the priority program as early as June. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (MANILA BULLETIN File...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian hailed the government’s plan to include teenagers in the COVID-19 vaccination program, saying this will boost the confidence of the basic education sector to safely reopen schools. Gatchalian said it is essential for the government, however, to first study how other...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged the Duterte government to move on from the issue surrounding former senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s back door negotiations during the time of the Aquino administration and not divert the issue about the West Philippine Sea. Gatchalian, in an interview on...
Senators on Monday, May 17, appealed to the government to begin inoculating people who are next in the priority line and are willing to receive the vaccines against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A resident of Makati City receives a shot of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from a health...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, May 14 denied he is campaigning for the May 2022 elections prematurely through Facebook and other social media platforms. Gatchalian said any information posted on his Facebook and other social media accounts are regular postings of his office in his capacity...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday welcomed the proposed establishment of the National Center for Artificial Intelligence Research (N-CAIR) under the recently launched AI roadmap. To sustain this program, Gatchalian said it is imperative that the country’s high school students are equipped with...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian proposed on Saturday, May 8, deductions to taxes imposed on workers who have been telecommuting to make up for their expenses for working at home. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Gatchalian issued the call as he cited the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said there is a necessity for Filipinos to own their own bank account or become a virtual wallet holder so more people can engage in cashless transactions. Since digital payments have been the norm since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic started last year, Gatchalian...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged state economic managers to allocate more funds for the education sector in next year’s proposed national budget to help the sector’s recovery from the negative impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Gatchalian said the government...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian urged on Monday, May 3, the Department of Education (DepEd) to also address issues on the implementation of the mother tongue-based education and other approaches under its K to 12 program. (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) Gatchalian issued the appeal after DepEd announced in...
The government should exhaust all means to assist small businesses that have been affected by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to prevent further job losses, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Saturday, May 1. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Gatchalian issued the appeal as the country...
Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy has no right to call for an accounting of donations in community pantries as these, unlike government funds, are private initiatives, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Monday, April 26. Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine...
