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(Eagle News) — Senators Ping Lacson and Sherwin Gatchalian have tested positive for COVID-19. The two lawmakers made the announcement in separate Tweets on Friday, Jan. 7. According to Lacson, the results were based on an RT-PCR test he took on Jan. 4, and which were released on Thursday night. He said he took the test after his son, whom he was exposed to, tested positive for the virus. “Immediately informed all my Jan 3 […]
https://youtu.be/uFB2JKgvmpE Balitalakayan interviews Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, and the Committee on Basic Education, regarding the country’s energy situation and the state of education amid the pandemic on Monday, June 7, 2021. Gatchalian said the Senate will also hold hearings on Thursday, June 7 regarding the recent rotational brownouts in the country where Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chair Agnes Devanadera will be invited to shed […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6WsBiu_O3A&pbjreload=101 (Eagle News) — Valenzuela City mayor Rex Gatchalian has lifted the suspension that his city government had imposed on the business permit of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Corporation, but with conditions that it would prevent a repeat of the previous traffic gridlock due to problems with the RFID implementation. Gatchalian said that the conditions are necessary so that NLEX would realize that the complaints of the riding public and motorists should not be […]
(Eagle News) — Senators questioned the Department of Education’s readiness for the opening of classes on August 24, saying not enough teachers have been trained so far for the “new normal” of distance and blended learning. In the hearing of of the Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture , Senators Francisco Tolentino and Sherwin Gatchalian noted that teacher training for online and blended learning is being done hastily and only 40 percent of […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian tested negative for the 2019 coronavirus disease. “After submitting myself to a COVID-19 test last Friday, I’m happy to hear from the pronouncements made by Health Secretary Francisco Duque just this morning that I tested negative for the disease,” Gatchalian said. According to Gatchalian, this was based on tests done on him by the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine. Gatchalian underwent tests after one of the resource persons at a […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill seeking to institutionalize the establishment of nursing homes for neglected and abandoned elderly in every city and municipality. In filing Senate Bill No. 737, Gatchalian noted that while Filipinos choose to take care of their elders in their homes “as a sign of gratitude and respect,” cases of abandonment and neglect of the elderly in the country are increasing because of the ageing population. According to Gatchalian, […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill that seeks to scrap the expiration of prepaid load. Under Senate Bill No 365, or the Prepaid Load Forever Act of 2019, all Public Telecommunications Entities and Information and Communications Technology providers are banned from imposing an expiration period on the validity of prepaid load credits and their forfeiture. Prepaid Load Forever Act of 2019 specifically bans the imposition of an expiration period on the validity of […]
(Eagle News) – Senate Sherwin Gatchalian urged the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to “make a thorough investigation” of the widespread hacking of a large number of websites of the government, military and educational institutions last April 1. The attack was allegedly made by the hacking group Pinoy LulzSec as part of it’s “April Fools Day” prank. The group leaked databases from the Philippine Army, and also hacked into the websites of […]
By Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) to rename its ‘anti-tambay’ operation to ‘anti-pasaway’ to address concerns that it would target bystanders on the street who were not violating the law. At the Balitaan sa Maynila media forum on Sunday, June 24, the senator said the ‘anti-tambay’ campaign was “very confusing” and that the PNP should clarify its intentions. “Hindi naman ho pwede […]
(Eagle News) — Several senators backed President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao, with one noting that the “despicable terrorists” must be held “accountable for their crimes against humanity.” In a statement, Senator Joel Villanueva said the declaration of martial law in the southern Philippines needed to be done due to the “gravity of this horrific incident.” “We condemn to the highest degree the recent attacks which transpired in Marawi City. As to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval of China’s passage in Benham Rise should not be used as a basis of an impeachment complaint, according to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian He also reasoned out that the entry of the Chinese survey ship in the Benham Rise is in line with the government policy of research and development. “Para sa akin, it’s not an impeachable offense. This is clearly not (impeachable) because it’s a policy. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential aspirant Senator Grace Poe and her running-mate Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero visited the Iglesia Ni Cristo Central Office in Quezon City on Monday to make a courtesy call to the INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. Poe, who is running as an independent, came to the INC office earlier than Escudero. Both were welcomed at the INC’s Bulwagan room by Brother Eduardo who heard the tandem’s platforms. […]
