Senator Win Gatchalian calls for more than a 100-percent increase in an item in the proposed P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021 that will fund the electric cooperatives' repair of damaged power lines and infrastructures.
Senator Win Gatchalian urges the Department of Education and the Department of Public Works and Highways to establish academic facilities that can withstand calamities.
Senator Win" Gatchalian leads the formal turn-over of 2,000 sacks of rice worth PHP4 million from the Valenzuela City government to residents of Tuguegarao, Aparri, Enrile, Solana, Amulung in Cagayan and Cabagan, Ilagan, and Tumauini in Isabela.
"We should be clean at all times to maintain good health. A dirty environment poses dangers to our health because it causes many diseases," said Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate committee on Environment.
Senator Richard Gordon has prodded the Department of Health to map out plans for the mass testing of villagers that have to be temporarily sheltered at evacuation centers around the country during calamities to prevent the spread of the COVID-19.
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri raises concerns regarding the government’s disaster management-adjacent agencies, in the wake of destructive typhoons Rolly and Quinta.
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the DSWD and LGUs to ensure that relief efforts in the aftermath of typhoons address the needs of affected children, including their safety from COVID-19.
Senator Nancy Binay said she will formally write the Department of Foreign Affairs to seek assistance from the international community to help the government in its relief and rescue missions.