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Education
by Win Gatchalian on March, 4, 2020

Full electrification of all public primary and secondary schools nationwide needed

Senator Win Gatchalian has filed Senate Resolution No. 330 to conduct an inquiry on the electrification of public primary and secondary schools across the country.

Education
by Win Gatchalian on March, 3, 2020

Curb teenage pregnancy to build on PH gains in women empowerment

As the celebration of the National Women’s Month kicks off, Senator Win Gatchalian underscores the need to curb teenage pregnancy for the Philippines to sustain and accelerate gender equality on its milestones.

Energy
by Win Gatchalian on February, 27, 2020

PH’s first world-class energy institute to rise soon

The Senate is close to approving the creation of the Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute (PERPI), the country’s first energy think tank that could bridge research and policy gaps in the energy sector.

Advocacies
by Win Gatchalian on February, 27, 2020

Balitang Win – The Official Win Gatchalian Newsletter

Education
by Win Gatchalian on February, 27, 2020

On profiling of Muslim students: No place for discrimination in our education system

Discrimination of learners on the basis of their background or religion has no place in the country's education system. This is Senator Win Gatchalian's reminder to the Philippine National Police (PNP) amidst uproar on a Manila Police District (MPD) memorandum, which called for the creation of a database of Muslim students in high schools, colleges, and universities as part of efforts to counter violent extremism and strengthen peacebuilding.

Education
by Win Gatchalian on February, 26, 2020

DepEd should work with LGUs to enhance reading intervention programs

After the Philippine Informal Reading Inventory 2019’s (Phil-IRI) pre-test results revealed a big number of struggling readers in Bicol, Senator Win Gatchalian urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to closely work with local government units (LGUs) to enhance intervention programs for struggling readers and non-readers.

Education
by Win Gatchalian on February, 24, 2020

Diagnosis for children with disabilities should be covered by Universal Health Care

Senator Win Gatchalian is seeking the inclusion of medical diagnosis for children with disabilities in the roll-out of the Universal Health Care Law.

Public Order & Safety
by Win Gatchalian on February, 23, 2020

Chinese criminal syndicates in POGOs should be behind bars

Concerned that Filipino workers will soon be targeted next, Senator Win Gatchalian has urged the Philippine National Police (PNP), the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), and the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to hunt down Chinese syndicates in the country’s POGO industry, arrest them and bring them to jail.

Public Order & Safety
by Win Gatchalian on February, 20, 2020

No to discrimination, solidarity needed

Discrimination is not right. And Filipinos ought not to be discriminatory. This is what Senator Win Gatchalian stressed in the wake of increasing negative sentiments towards China and the Chinese nationals in this time of the novel coronavirus scare.