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The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has officially declared its opposition to decriminalizing abortion a day after Senator Alan Peter Cayetano slammed the commission for its vague stance on the issue.
During the plenary debates for the 2024 budget of the Department of Health (DOH) on the wee hours of Wednesday, November 15, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, emphasized the vital role of Malasakit Centers in providing impartial and inclusive healthcare access and affordability, focusing particularly on the needs of indigent Filipinos.
The Senate Committee on Finance has accepted Senator Win Gatchalian's proposal for the government to fund the certification of Grade 12 learners under the technical-vocational-livelihood (TVL) track. This, he said, aims to improve the employment prospects of these learners.
Actually, Mr President, upon your instructions and in our desire to prioritize education, knowing that in other countries, they are actually able to give even a hundred scholarships because there are takers. So we committed that during this budget, we will facilitate a meeting so the representative of the Hungary Embassy was here today meeting with the SUCs for closer coordination. So that's a commitment we make because, like you said, sayang nandyan na ang offer and contrary to what some students might think, it's [the courses are] conducted in English. So nakakahinayang. But if his honor will recall, on the spot naman po, we were texting already Chairman Popoy De Vera at that time and he also committed that they will ensure that these slots are filled. But that is why we had a representative of Hungary attend today and meet all the SUC presidents. So baka pati ho ang ibang kaibigan natin from other countries, we're willing to do the same for them as well, to coordinate, to support these scholarship programs for our students, which will also strengthen our ties with these other countries. ***
During the plenary debates for the 2024 budget of the Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, November 15, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and vice chair of the Senate Finance Committee, emphasized the significance of the agency's budget for the nation's post-pandemic recovery.
Thank you, Mr President. Mr President, I am ready to sponsor the budget of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd), with a total new appropriation of P47,057,007,000; the State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), with a total new appropriation of P106,489,883,000; and the University of the Philippines (UP) with a total new appropriation of P23,557,426,000.
Sen. Chiz Escudero has sought to expand the Tulong Panghanap-buhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program of the Department of Labor (DOLE) to extend more assistance to victims of natural calamities.
Senator Win Gatchalian expects power consumers to benefit from the Energy Regulatory Commission's (ERC) decision to reduce the National Grid Corporation's (NGCP) annual revenue to P36.7 billion, significantly lower than the maximum allowable revenue (MAR) of P43.789 billion collected from consumers from 2016 to 2020.