(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a resolution seeking an inquiry on the readiness of basic education institutions to conduct classes for school year (SY) [2023-2024](tel:2023-2024). Aside from the lifting of the public health emergency due to Covid -19 and the threat of El...
Senator Sherwin "Win" Gatchalian is seeking congressional declaration of a “National Micro, Small, and Medium-Enterprise (MSME) Week” from June 27 to July 2 every year in a bid to generate much-needed support for small business owners. Gatchalian filed Senate Bill (SB) No.949, which aims to...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill that seeks to institutionalize the holding of local education summits at least once a year to discuss issues, reforms, and programs. In filing Senate Bill No. 155, or the proposed 21st Century School Boards Act, Gatchalian said it is imperative to...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate PRIB) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is seeking a national impact evaluation of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE), 10 years after the K to 12 Law mandated the implementation of the policy. Gatchalian lamented that there has been no national...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate PRIB) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, May 27, called on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to remind banks that Republic Act (RA) No.11055, or the Philippine Identification System Act, compels them to accept the national ID as sufficient proof of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is asking government to step up efforts to address what he calls a "pandemic of mental health" among Filipinos. In a ststement, Gatchalian pointed out how the Covid-19 pandemic aggravated Filipinos’ vulnerability to mental health problems. In 2019, the National Center...
The Senate plenary hall (Senate PRIB) The Senate Ways and Means Committee chaired by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has submitted to Malacañang its chairman’s report seeking the ban of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in the country. Gatchalian said he submitted the report to Executive...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate PRIB) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian expects the Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop (EVOSS) system to attract investors thanks to a streamlined permitting process aimed at developing more offshore wind (OSW) energy projects in the country. Gatchalian, vice chairman of the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate PRIB) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is proposing a legislation that would institutionalize automatic income classification of local government units (LGUs) to improve public services. This followed his filing of Senate Bill (SB) No.2067, also known as the Automatic...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate PRIB) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian pressed the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to provide the necessary platform for marginalized local government units (LGUs) to automate their respective operations, including tax administration. It...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate PRIB) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has slammed the government’s policy on the hiring of K to 12 senior high school graduates, calling it a great disservice to learners and their families who had to shoulder the financial burden of two more years of high school. In...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate PRIB) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, April 17, sought a Senate probe to address the rising incidence of illegal trade involving excisable products worth billions of pesos in a bid to arrest revenue leakages and protect the health of consumers. The...
