“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.”
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.
“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.”
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.
Senator Pia S. Cayetano is imploring the budget department to ensure adequate funding for the infrastructure projects of state universities and colleges (SUCs) amid the urgency to realign government funds for the country’s COVID-19 response. The senator made the pronouncement on Tuesday (May 19) during the Senate Committee of the Whole inquiry into the government’s…
Cayetano urged DepEd officials to come up with innovative ways to ensure that PE subjects will continue to be taught to students and tailored for different grade levels.
Like a highly-skilled reserve force that has been trained to assist our regular military, the country can likewise benefit from a similar reserve force for our healthcare system.
It is important to understand what it means to use Futures Thinking as a tool to effectively plan for the new normal.
Its weaknesses exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, how should the public health system be improved for future health emergencies?
“Access to quality education is a vital tool in nation-building, and we must use this crisis as an opportunity to innovate and reinvent our education.” – Senator Pia S. Cayetano, Chair, Committee on SDGs, Innovation, and Futures Thinking
Pop-up bike lanes and emergency pathways will help augment limited forms of transportation in the new normal, and may also be adopted long-term to help decongest roads and reduce pollution.
As the world faces a health crisis, Senator Pia S. Cayetano is pushing anew for the passage of a proposed measure that seeks to fast track the government’s health infrastructure initiatives. The senator filed last year the Priority Health Infrastructure Bill (Senate Bill No. 63), known also as the ‘Build, Build, Build for Health’ Bill,…