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(Eagle News) — Senators Bong Go and Sherwin Gatchalian personally expressed their offer to run as Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte’s vice presidential candidate in the 2022 elections. This is according to the presidential daughter herself, who made the revelation in a statement issued on Wednesday, Sept. 1. In the statement, the Davao mayor said a proposal for former Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, Jr. to run as her vice president, meanwhile, was “made known […]
(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 asked the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to reassess Grab’s fare matrix following a surge in its prices in recent days. “The high fare is killing the festive mood of many Filipino commuters,” Gatchalian said in a statement. According to Gatchalian, based on the fare matrix approved by the LTFRB last August 1, Transportation Network Vehicle Services (TNVS) companies shall charge a flag down rate of up to P40 […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for the institutionalization of the Alternative Learning System, noting that many people have yet to be reached by the Department of Education’s parallel learning program. According to Gatchalian, the government needs to reach out to 24 million who did not graduate from high school, “but we’re only addressing 600,000 a year.” “That’s barely one percent of the total required enrollment,” he said. He added that based on the DepEd’s […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has urged the Department of Energy to be more transparent about its nuclear agenda. Gatchalian issued the statement following reports the Philippines and Russia signed a deal on exploring the possible construction of a nuclear power plant in the country, and as the Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee, which he chairs, examined the DOE’s proposed ₱97 million budget allocation for the country’s nuclear program agenda. In making the call, Gatchalian noted […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian wants a comprehensive framework in place for e-vehicles before 2024 to ensure their sustainability. In a statement, Gatchalian, chair of the Senate committee on energy, noted that by 2024, the price of traditional internal combustion engine vehicles would be the same as EVs. “We have to ensure that the industry is alive and vibrant, so that when 2024 comes in, it will be easier for our consumers to adopt and switch […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is calling for a probe into the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. In renewing his call also for an update on the Nationally Determined Contribution, the plan that ensures that the country meets its intended commitment to reduce at least 70 percent of greenhouse gas by 2030 in accordance with the Paris Agreement, Gatchalian noted that the state “has the constitutional obligation to protect and advance the right of the people to […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, July 25, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent the Proof-of-Parking Space bill to ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila. Gatchalian made the call following President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) in which he ordered local government units to “reclaim all public roads that are being used for private ends.” Under Senate Bill No. 368, prospective vehicle owners are required to present proof that […]
(Eagle News) — A measure seeking to institutionalize a framework to advance energy efficiency and conservation practices in the country has hurdled the bicameral conference committee. In a statement, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate committee on energy, said the approval of the reconciled version of Senate Bill No. 1531 and House Bill No. 8629, or the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act, is “quite timely, especially at a time when the Philippines is experiencing sustained economic […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has renewed his call for the passage of a law that would require prospective vehicle owners to show proof they own a parking space for the new vehicle. In pushing for the passage of Senate Bill No. 201, also known as the Proof-of-Parking Space Act, Gatchalian noted that based on figures from the Land Transportation Office, the number of registered motor vehicles from the year 2015 until 2017 reached 10,410,814, with an estimated […]
(Eagle News) — A bicameral conference committee has approved a bill that would allow cellphone users to keep their numbers for life even if they switch to a different service provider. “Kung ang third telco ay nagbaba ng presyo, nagbigay ng mas magandang service, hindi na tayo mahihirapang lumipat sa kahit anong telco,” Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, said. He said the measure, once it becomes law, will apply […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is urging the Department of Education to expedite its review of the employability of K-12 graduates. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Sub-Committee on Education Reform, made the statement amid what he said were reports on the low employment rates of graduates of the program. Earlier, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said that the “thorough review” would be conducted after two years of the program’s implementation. Director Jocelyn Andaya of the Bureau […]
