Category: COVID-19
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Pia: Now is the best time to pass the Safe Pathways Act
On World Bicycle Day, Sen. Pia Cayetano sponsors the Safe Pathways Act which will create a network of pop-up bike lanes for essential workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Make ‘bayanihan’ work to revolutionize PH education for our youth
I support the initiatives, and at the same time, challenge DepEd to make the most of these challenging times and really revolutionize education for our youth.
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Message to the Oplan Balik Eskwela virtual kickoff program
Senator Pia S. Cayetano acknowledges DepEd’s efforts to develop alternative modes of delivering education, but also reminds educators to be mindful of each student’s needs which can be addressed through blended learning.
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Pia: Bike lanes to protect delivery bikers, open new income opportunities for bike riders
“Now is really the time for people to have income opportunities. And something as basic as decent and safe biking skills could provide jobs for them.”
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Pia bats for ‘hospital loops’: Prioritize bike lanes to protect frontliners
Senator Pia Cayetano is supporting a proposal to allocate ‘hospital loops’ to protect frontliners who use bikes and NMTs to work.
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Statement on Inquirer reporter’s tweets
Clearly he chose to maliciously twist the sense of my manifestation, when he tweeted that I “welcome” the negative impacts of the pandemic on our economy, as well as on Filipinos’ lives.
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COVID-19 an ‘eye-opener’ on the urgency to raise health infra budget
“This pandemic has revealed many of the gaps in our system, gaps that have been created because of decades of lack of funding for healthcare.”
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Ensure safe pathways for frontliners, bikers, pedestrians
Cayetano stressed the need to set up safer pathways for pedestrians and bikers as community quarantines are being lifted and people go back to work.
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Pia to DOT: finalize safety guidelines for tourism sector
“I know the pressure for our tourism sector to open up is there. I offer my support, but we also want to ensure that we keep safety in mind.”
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Turn COVID crisis into an opportunity to shift to biking, walking, sustainable transport
Using a bicycle has become essential for many workers and frontliners because it offers a safe, efficient, and healthy mode of transport in the new normal.