Senator Sherwin Gatchalian urged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to ensure that any increase in power rates would be implemented on a staggered basis in light of the tensions happening in the Middle East. Gatchalian said doing so would protect consumers from sudden financial distress...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, March 11 urged the government to consider accelerating the country’s transition to electric vehicles (EVs) to cushion the impact of higher oil prices in light of the growing tension in the Middle East. Gatchalian made the call as the Department of Energy...
The Senate on Monday, March 9, approved on third and final reading Senate Bill 1654, which seeks to abolish the Optical Media Board (OMB). Senator Robinhood Padilla, who sponsored the bill, said the agency has outlived its relevance as disc-based piracy has largely disappeared with the shift from...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian believes that the Philippines could struggle to hit its 5 percent economic growth target this year due to lingering domestic challenges and the escalating tensions in the Middle East. In a radio interview with Usapang Senado over DWIZ on Saturday, March 7, Gatchalian was...
At least two senators are now calling on the government and the private sector to consider implementing work-from-home arrangements or expand other flexible work schemes to help reduce fuel consumption in light of rising oil prices brought about by the widening conflict in the Middle East. ...
Senators called on authorities on Wednesday, March 4 to launch a manhunt on the suspects who brutally killed a freshman maritime student in Cavite supposedly through initiation rites. “I condemn, in the strongest terms, the recent hazing death of 19-year-old Mark Kenneth Alcedo, a first-year...
Senators urged the government on Sunday, March 1, to help keep oil prices in check following the United States and Israel’s attack on Iran. Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said the government should exhaust all efforts at keeping oil prices at bay as geo-political tensions in the Middle...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has joined calls for a congressional inquiry into the landfill landslide in Binaliw, Cebu which took the lives of more than 30 people and injured many others. In filing Senate Resolution No. 277, Gatchalian said the circumstances surrounding the January 8 tragedy raise...
An official from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) disclosed on Wednesday, Jan. 28, that the agency is currently crafting the so-called "anti-epal" guidelines for the distribution of the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS). During the hearing Committee on...
At least two senators on Wednesday, January 21 agree that the holding of an impeachment trial at this point in time is not an ideal situation but holding government officials accountable is a necessary and very important political exercise. For his part, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said he believes it...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian rejected on Tuesday, January 6 insinuations that the 2026 national budget was crafted to include efforts to pursue the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. This, after Sen. Imee Marcos, in a video posted on her Facebook page, floated the possibility that the...
The Supreme Court can declare the contentious Unprogrammed Appropriations as unconstitutional, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said on Tuesday, January 6. Gatchalian made the remark following President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s decision to veto P92.5-billion unprogrammed items when he signed...
