The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) should direct its distribution utilities (DUs) to suspend all disconnection activities within its franchise area that are placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified ECQ, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Thursday. Gatchalian, chair of the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) to watch out for a possible surge in violence against children during this enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) period. Gatchalian recalled that the last time there was an increase of crimes committed against women and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian maintained on Saturday, August 7, that his vice presidential bid will depend on whether or not he will be picked by Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte as her running mate for next year's elections. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Office of Sen. Gatchalian) In an interview with...
Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Salceda said on Thursday, August 5, that Senator Sherwin Gatchalian should be the running mate of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte in the 2022 election. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate of the Philippines) For Salceda, Gatchalian is the "most qualified" to be...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has lauded the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for arresting one of the suspects who hacked and used his credit card to purchase P1.1-million worth of liquor items through an online delivery platform early this year. Gatchalian said he hopes the NBI would follow...
Confident that he has the "unanimous" support of his partymates, Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) chairman and Senate President Vicente Sotto III declared Wednesday, August 4, that he will not change his mind about seeking the vice presidency even if fellow-NPC member Senator Sherwin...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should do overtime work during weekends to cover for the two-week suspension of the voter registration due to the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Wednesday, August 4. Gatchalian said...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has confirmed that he has plans to run for vice president in the May 2022 national elections. Gatchalian, a member of the Nationalist Peoples’ Coalition (NPC) headed by Senate President Vicente Sotto III, admitted his vice-presidential bid in a televised interview...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday expressed confidence that the Philippines will soon have its own research development institute on energy that would help the country be at par with technological innovations with that of other developed countries. Gatchalian made the remark following President...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday called on the government to start vaccinating minors following the detection of more cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the country. Gatchalian said it is highly necessary to prevent minors from becoming “variant factories.” “By the time we get...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, July 27 expressed his disappointment that President Duterte did not mention the current "education crisis" in the Philippines in his final State of the Nation Address (SONA). Gatchalian said he was hoping the President would tackle the education crisis that...
Senators have called on the government to again restrict the holding of mass gatherings and events as more cases of the highly-contagious Delta coronavirus variant are being detected in the Philippines. In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020, a member of the Philippine National Police Special...
