BETTER DAYS The election period has started for the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). The filing of certificates of candidacy began last Aug. 28, 2023 while the campaign period will be from Oct. 19 to 28. Election day will be on Oct. 30. According to the Commission on...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara has assured that the proposed council that would be tasked to formulate strategies under the proposed “Tatak Pinoy” (Proudly Filipino) Strategy law would be coordinating closely with other government agencies and independent councils. Angara...
BETTER DAYS The Senate Committee on Finance, of which I am chairman, recently concluded its deliberations on Senate Bill No. 2426 or the proposed Tatak Pinoy (Proudly Filipino) Act which aims to develop a strategy to encourage, support, and promote the production of more diverse, sophisticated,...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara has donated a total of 10 motorcycles to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in support of the agency’s soon-to-open Motorcycle Riding Academy. Sen. Sonny Angara addresses Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) employees...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno's recent statement regarding the need to review the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education (UAQTE) gained mixed reactions from lawmakers. Sen. Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara believes that the review should be made from the perspective of making richer...
The Senate is a step closer to approving the proposed ‘Tatak Pinoy’ (Proudly Filipino) bill that aims to further develop and empower Philippine manufacturing industries through a wide-ranging, multi-sectoral approach. Sen. Sonny Angara sponsors the committee report of the Tatak...
Some senators on Friday, September 1 find it unnecessary for the government to impose a price ceiling on rice as addressing rice cartel and hoarding should have been the primary move of the government to tame the skyrocketing prices of the basic food staple in the market. Senators...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara is set to file a resolution expressing the Senate’s profound sympathy and sincere condolences on the passing of veteran broadcast journalist Miguel “Mike” Enriquez. “The nation lost an icon in broadcast journalism with the passing of Mike...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Sunday, August 27 said he has no qualms supporting the proposal to allocate P100-million in next year’s budget to fund the construction of permanent structures in Ayungin Shoal. But Angara said he sees the need to ask the Department of...
The Senate Committee on Finance will carefully scrutinize all government projects under the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 that are allegedly bloated by 328 percent. Sen. Sonny Angara (Senate PRIB Photo) Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, chairman of the...
BETTER DAYS In a recent briefing of the Development Budget Coordination Committee on the ₱5.768 trillion national budget for 2024, our colleague and good friend Senator Nancy Binay narrated an interesting anecdote about her office’s toilet paper. Sen. Nancy noted that the quality of the toilet...
The Senate Committee on Finance will strive hard to increase the budgets for education and health in the final version of the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024. Sen. Sonny Angara, Senate finance committee chairman, during deliberations on the proposed 2023 national budget in...
