Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he is keen on crafting a law that would impose additional tax on the country’s richest individuals noting how many of them are not even included in the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) top income taxpayers. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian Gatchalian, who is poised to...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is now pushing for the passage of the bill that seeks to accelerate the digital transformation of the country’s basic education sector. In filing Senate Bill No. 282, one of his 20 priority measures for the 19th Congress, Gatchalian wants the Department of Information...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, July 14 filed a cyberlibel complaint against former Department of Energy (DOE) secretary Alfonso Cusi at the Valenzuela City Prosecutor’s Office. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian files cyberlibel charges against former Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi at the Valenzuela...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, July 12 said Raphael Lotilla should be allowed to be the Department of Energy (DOE) chief. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Gatchalian, who served as the Senate Committee on Energy during the 18th Congress, said he will file...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, July 11, said he is in favor of restoring history as a separate subject in the high school curriculum. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian(Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Gatchalian, in a televised interview, noted that history has been incorporated...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has given up his seat in the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) for Senator Christopher "Bong" Go. Gatchalian disclosed the matter during an interview on Wednesday, explaining that membership in the CA is based on the political parties of a senator. Go is a member...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, July 5 said he will seek a Senate inquiry into the power supply problems in Occidental Mindoro plaguing the province for several years now. Gatchalian made the promise even as he noted that the province’s power supply has been restored after it was hit by a...
Senators on Wednesday expressed elation over the signing into law of Republic Act 11862 which amends the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, saying it is an important and much-needed victory for women, children, and all victims of human trafficking. One significant reform under the law is the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, June 27 called on the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) anew to fast track the distribution of fuel subsidies to targeted beneficiaries of the “Pantawid Pasada” program. Gatchalian made the call as he vows to pursue the provision...
The incoming Marcos administration has a daunting, king-sized economic problem and it needs all the help it could muster, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Saturday, June 25. Interviewed by DWIZ radio, Gatchalian identified the big problems of President-elect Bongbong Marcos such as inflation,...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, June 24 urged local government units (LGUs) and schools to prepare for the rollout of Covid-19 vaccine booster shots among minors aged 12 to 17. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Basic Education Committee, made the call following the approval by the Department...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has expressed hope that incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will appoint an Energy secretary who can address the country’s problem on power supply. Gatchalian noted that the current leadership of the Department of Energy (DOE),...
