BETTER DAYS On March 26, 2010, Republic Act 10066 or the National Cultural Heritage Act was enacted to boost our country’s efforts in preserving our cultural treasures. My father, the former Senate President Ed Angara, who was the principal author of the law in the Senate, said the law was not...
BETTER DAYS Before Congress adjourned its sessions last March, we filed a counterpart measure to the bill of Marikina City Rep. Stella Quimbo institutionalizing the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). This measure...
BETTER DAYS Since the start of the year, the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) has been conducting regular meetings and consultations as part of its mandate to perform a comprehensive assessment of the Philippine education system. As one of the commissioners of EDCOM 2, I can...
BETTER DAYS Respect for elders is one of the well-known attributes of Filipino culture and heritage. In fact, our Constitution contains several provisions that deal with the protection of our lolos and lolas. It is the duty of the family and the State to take care of the elderly members of society....
Senator Sonny Angara (Senate PRIB) Citing the successes of the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Senator Juan Edgardo ‘’Sonny’’ Angara is calling for the institutionalization of the program that has helped poor...
BETTER DAYS According to a 2017 study by the World Economic Forum (WEF), 40 percent of the youth consider social impact as a factor in choosing their careers. This conviction has led to the creation of several youth-led social enterprises and organizations that largely aim to tackle societal...
Senator Sonny Angara (Senate PRIB) Senator Juan Edgardo ‘’Sonny’’ Angara, one of the commissioners of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2), is pushing for the use of technology in solving the country’s education problems. During the alignment meeting between EDCOM 2...
BETTER DAYS Cancer continues to be among the leading causes of death in the Philippines. Based on preliminary data provided by the Philippine Statistics Authority, cancer was the third leading cause of death among Filipinos from January to May of 2022 — representing a 9.8 percent share just...
BETTER DAYS It has been over a month since the MT Princess Empress sunk off Oriental Mindoro, causing a massive oil spill that has reached parts of Batangas, Palawan and Antique. Around 9,400 liters of oily water and 3,514 sacks of oil-contaminated materials have been collected from the oil spill...
BETTER DAYS Earlier this week, we sponsored a measure that will institutionalize the Shared Service Facilities (SSF) Project of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Through the SSFs micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) qualified beneficiaries are provided with the appropriate machinery,...
Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara said that a Senate committee report recommendation calling for the immediate closure of all Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) was ‘’unreasonable’’ given its three-month phaseout period, which he called ‘’inadequate". Angara, chairman of the...
BETTER DAYS Last week several jeepney organizations staged a nationwide transport strike to protest the implementation of the public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program. Under the modernization program, the ubiquitous jeepneys that have been around since the end of the second World War,...
