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Committee on Public Services Chairperson Raffy Tulfo visited MRT3 Depot in North Avenue, Quezon City yesterday (June 18) to inspect the controversial 48 unused Dalian trains purchased by the past administration.
Estimates show that fifty-three (53) teaching days were lost in the school year 2023-2024 due to non-teaching tasks and activities assigned to them on top of the school closures due to calamities and local holidays. This is based on the preliminary findings of a study conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), which assessed the MATATAG K-to-10 pilot implementation in 35 schools.
Senator Imee Marcos filed a Resolution on 18 June 2024 directing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the alleged anti-vaccine propaganda by the military of the United States of America during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MANILA, Philippines - Senate Majority Floor Leader Francis 'Tol' Tolentino on Tuesday asked Foreign Affairs Sec. Enrique Manalo to seek the assistance of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in delivering food supplies to Filipino soldiers stationed at the grounded BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin Shoal.
Masinloc, Zambales - Senate Majority Leader Senator Francis 'Tol' Tolentino is calling on national government agencies, particularly the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) of the Department of Agriculture (DA), to work closely with local governments to provide alternative livelihoods for fisherfolk groups affected by the raging West Philippine Sea (WPS) dispute.
I am deeply outraged and extremely troubled by these latest hostile actions by the China Coast Guard near Ayungin Shoal. This is an unacceptable act of aggression, a direct affront to our sovereignty, and a blatant violation of our rights under international law, particularly the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Farmers being left behind
I condemn in the strongest possible terms the recurrent and unauthorized entry of Chinese maritime forces into the Philippines' territorial waters.