Along with the Department of Health’s call on the public to skip firecrackers in their New Year celebration, Senator Win Gatchalian has renewed his call to ban the sale and use of firecrackers and pyrotechniques except for authorized fireworks displays.
The latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) revealed that the country’s female high school students outperformed their male counterparts in basic academic performance.
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) to impose stiffer penalty against ride-hailing giant Grab Philippines (Grab PH) for repeatedly violating the country’s competition rules since the departure of Uber in 2018.
While ride-hailing firm Grab gives temporary relief to passengers by reducing its surge pricing cap, Senator Win Gatchalian believes this is just a band-aid solution that will not effectively address Grab’s high fares brought about by the lack of available drivers especially during peak hours, and the lack of competitors in the market.
With Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu’s pronouncements that the country, particularly Metro Manila, is now in the middle of a garbage crisis, Senator Win Gatchalian calls on everyone to manage their waste and practice environmentally friendly activities, especially in this time of the year.
With the sudden surge in Grab fares, Senator Win Gatchalian wants to see a logical basis why the ride-hailing firm imposes such fare matrix.
The global education survey Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 — which ranked the Philippines the lowest in Reading and second to the lowest in Science and Math among 79 countries — also shows that Filipino students are the most exposed to bullying.
“We need to enhance drug prevention education and strict monitoring in schools.” This is the call of Senator Win Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, to the Department of Education (DepEd) after receiving reports that some high school students were hospitalized for using psychedelic mushrooms or ‘magic mushrooms’’ as illegal drug substitutes.
Senator Win Gatchalian is calling on the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to make full use of the Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund (ECERF) to ensure that the more than 1.8 million households affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Tisoy will have electricity ahead of Christmas.
