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Pia: Let’s build a nation of winners!
Co-sponsorship speech of Senator Pia S. Cayetano on Senate Bill No. 1086, establishing a Philippine High School for Sports Mr. President, This is a happy day for me because I drafted and filed this bill 9 years ago. I was so much younger then and ran so much faster. But so did the presiding officer. …
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Pia: PH is global ‘inuman’ champion; Sin Tax Reform to save lives
The Senate Ways and Means Committee, under the chairmanship of Senator Pia S. Cayetano, has presented to the plenary Senate Bill No. 1074 seeking to increase excise taxes on sin products, with the objective of augmenting funds for universal health care and protecting citizens, particularly the youth, from the harmful effects of drinking and electronic…
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As polio returns, Pia presses intensified info drive on vaccination
Senator Pia S. Cayetano is strongly urging health officials to step up their efforts in convincing Filipino mothers to have their kids vaccinated, following the health department’s declaration of a polio epidemic in the country. The principal author and sponsor of the Mandatory Infants and Children Immunization Act (RA 10152), Cayetano expressed alarm that the…
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Pia: Finance panel approves 2020 budget for CHED, SUCs
The Senate Finance Committee has approved on Thursday (Sept. 19) the proposed 2020 budget of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and 110 State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in the country, following a subcommittee hearing led by Vice Chair Senator Pia S. Cayetano. With the approval, CHED’s P40.78-billion proposed allocation for next year will be submitted for…
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Pia: We need to put in more funding for higher education
Transcript of interview with Senator Pia S. Cayetano, Senate Finance Committee Vice Chairperson. Topic: Budget hearing for the Commission on Higher Education and (CHED) and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) Q: Ma’am, please give us an overview of the hearing and your thoughts tungkol sa budget ng SUCs, ano ang next step ng committee?…
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Pia on CITIRA: There’s no forever, but we must ensure certainty
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Basic education budget hurdles Senate panel
The Senate Finance Committee has approved on Thursday the proposed P551.72-billion budget for the basic education sector for 2020, following the hearing of Subcommittee ‘D’ led by Senator Pia S. Cayetano, the panel’s vice chairperson. The budget for the Department of Education (DepEd) and its attached agencies, which increased by 3.79% from 2019’s P531.57-billion budget,…
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Pia wants stronger implementation of Mental Health Act
“If we could save one life just by listening, then by all means, we should be all ears.” Senator Pia S. Cayetano had this message for the entire Filipino community on the observance of this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day on Tuesday, September 10. Cayetano said the annual event sheds light on the need to…
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Pia: Support our athletes in the SEA Games – and beyond!
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Pia sees Philippine Sports High School rising in New Clark City
Senator Pia S. Cayetano now sees her long-time vision for the country to have its own sports academy moving closer to reality with the near completion of the New Clark City (NCC) sports complex in Capas, Tarlac. At a press conference held Friday at the newly built NCC Aquatics Center, Cayetano said the sprawling complex…
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Pia on e-cigarettes: ‘Less harmful’ does not mean ‘safe’
If there was one clear takeaway from the Senate’s latest committee hearing on proposals to raise ‘sin’ taxes, it’s that electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) are “definitely” not safe and could pose risks to people’s health, Committee on Ways and Means Chair Senator Pia S. Cayetano asserted. The panel on Thursday (September 5) conducted its third public…
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Pia welcomes new panel on Sustainable Dev’t Goals
Senator Pia S. Cayetano welcomed the formation of a new standing committee that would oversee the country’s progress in achieving its commitments to the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the year 2030. The Senate on Tuesday (September 3) adopted Philippine Senate Resolution (PSR) 122 creating the Committee on SDGs, Innovations, and Futures…