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Through the office of Senator Lito Lapid, about 1,900 beneficiaries from the municipalities of Mabini and San Jose in Batangas received financial assistance from the Assistance to Individual in Crisis Situation (AICS) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
I thank President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. for his commitment to continuing the provision of free higher education in our public universities and colleges. His commitment affirms the principle we held when we pushed for the passage of the free higher education law under Republic Act No. 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act: that education is an investment and not a burden to the Filipino people.
Nakakabilib at nakakaalab ng damdamin ang katapangan at hindi natitinag na determinasyon ng mga kababayan natin na ipaglaban ang soberanya ng bansa sa gitna ng mga balakid at panganib na kailangan nilang suungin.
"Tulungan natin ang mahihirap nating kababayan, yung mga helpless at yung mga hopeless. Sino pa bang magtutulungan kundi tayong kapwa Pilipino," Senator Christopher "Bong" Go stressed in a video message during his Malasakit Team's relief effort for indigents at the municipal gymnasium of Nagcarlan in Laguna on Tuesday, May 14.
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go's Malasakit Team visited fire victims in Belison, Antique, on Wednesday, May 15, and gave them immediate relief. "Alam kong napakahirap pong masunugan. Umpisa po muli, back to zero. Naiintindihan ko po ang inyong nararamdaman dahil palagi kong binibisita 'yung mga nasunugan," Go said in a message.
A study conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) found that inadequate and untimely access to high-quality early childcare and prenatal interventions contribute to the alarming levels of stunting among Filipino children.
Senator Win Gatchalian called out the Department of Energy (DOE) for forced power outages attributed to lack of sufficient feedstock or raw materials needed by generation companies to operate at full capacity.
Sen. Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla is seeking to fine-tune the Philippine government's information dissemination and aid distribution mechanisms, to enhance responses and preparations for El Nino, La Nina, and other "environmental shocks."