"Hangga't parehong mga tao ang namamahala sa pandemic response, parehong resulta lang din ang makukuha natin. We need better leadership. We need health experts who will carry out scientific, evidence-based solutions. We need competent and empathetic medical professionals to get us through this crisis," Hontiveros said.
Senator Win Gatchalian bats for institutionalizing the Parent Effectiveness Service (PES) program to help parents meet the learning needs of their children and provide them with socio-emotional support.
HONTIVEROS: "Kailangang bilisan dahil napakabilis din ng pagkalat ng virus. Marami na ang naikonsiderang 'new poor' na nawalan ng trabaho at kabuhayan na kailangang makatanggap ng cash assistance mula sa gobyerno."
"Ang ating mga guro ay maituturing nating mga frontliners dahil isinasakripisyo nila ang kanilang kaligtasan para magpatuloy ang edukasyon sa gitna ng pandemya," Gatchalian urged.
The Senate has approved on second reading a bill extending the franchise of Dito Telecommunity for another 25 years after establishing safeguards concerning national security.
Senator Leila M. de Lima has filed a measure seeking to provide direct cash assistance to small-scale farmers and municipal fisherfolk whose livelihoods have been most severely impacted by the prolonged lockdowns and economic recession brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
HONTIVEROS: "Our workers deserve better working conditions, full coverage and protection against today's risks lalo ngayong nagiging 'hot spots' na ang lugar ng kanilang trabaho."
"The GUIDE bill will supplement the financial assistance to MSMEs that Congress has granted through the Bayanihan laws enacted last year. This will help jumpstart the economy," said Gatchalian.
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday dismissed speculations that the presidential and local elections set in May next year may be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an online consultation with farmers in Isabela, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan recognized the efforts of Nagkakaisang Magsasaka ng Isabela Agricultural Cooperative (NMI) who would have lost 10 million kilos of rice harvest if not for the direct purchase allowed by the Sagip Saka Law.