Javier Joe Ismael
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Gatchalian flags P12B education subsidy shortfall (opens the original)
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MORE than 230,000 incoming tertiary students from Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) households could be left without funding under the proposed 2027 national budget, Senate President Win Gatchalian warned Thursday. Gatchalian said the 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP) has no allocation for 230,417 incoming Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) beneficiaries from 4Ps households. An estimated P3.1 billion is needed to to accommodate the TES beneficiaries. “They are in greater need of educ
Tulfo pushes PH tourism branding (opens the original)
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SEN. Erwin Tulfo has filed Senate Bill (SB) 2511, or the proposed Philippine Tourism Campaign Slogan Act. Under the measure, the Department of Tourism (DOT), in consultation with relevant stakeholders, is mandated to formulate the country’s official tourism campaign slogan that would be used for a minimum of 15 years. Tulfo said the legislation was prompted by concerns raised during the Senate budget hearing on the proposed 2027 budget of the DOT. Citing the successive use of “Wow Philippine
AMLC urged to scrutinize bank transactions (opens the original)
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SENATE President Sherwin Gatchalian urged the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to scrutinize bank transactions linked to government projects to prevent corruption. Gatchalian made the call during a Senate briefing on the proposed 2027 national budget, after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) was asked about the AMLC’s capacity to detect suspicious transactions involving public funds. “AMLC never detected that. Their response to us was that there is a huge volume of incoming documents th
Legarda pushes proactive El Niño measures (opens the original)
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SEN. Loren Legarda urged the government to step up preparations for a potentially more severe El Niño. âThis comes as the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration warned that the current strong El Niño in the tropical Pacific could intensify into a very strong El Niño between September and December and persist through the first half of 2027. The weather bureau said the phenomenon increases the likelihood of below-normal rainfall and dry spells or drought
Senate approves 4 hospital bills (opens the original)
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THE Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading four measures mandating the building and upgrade of public hospitals. Approved were House Bill (HB) 7979, establishing the Subic General Hospital in Subic, Zambales; HB 8471, establishing the Zamboanga Sibugay Medical Center in Ipil; HB 8472, upgrading the Bukidnon Provincial Hospital in Maramag into the Bukidnon General Hospital; and HB 8621, converting the Kalinga Provincial Hospital in Tabuk City into the Northern Cordillera Regional M
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