Acting PDP-Laban President, Senator Manny Pacquiao has requested a meeting with President Duterte to discuss the agenda for the proposed national council assembly a month before the filing of candidates for the 2022 election. The assembly was supposed to be held this Monday according to party vice chairman, Alfonso Cusi, as per instructions of the President.
The senate unanimously voted for the passing of Senate Bill 2209 or the Special Protections against Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (Anti-OSAEC) Act during its final reading. The bill seeks to give the law teeth to catch sexual offenders and punish them accordingly.
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian will seek an inquiry into the proliferation of loan sharks and other online lending schemes of some companies not under the supervision of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Through appropriate training programs that complement technologies, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and the Department of Agriculture provide Kalinga farmers with skills and competencies.
NTF Chief Implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said while some 90 percent of the country's healthcare workers have been vaccinated, hesitancy among village health workers remains high.