At least 2.3 million indigent Filipino high school graduates will be able to pursue tertiary education with Senator Loren Legarda’s proposed Pantawid Tuition Program.
Legarda said that Senate Bill No. 6, or the proposed Government Scholarship to Students for University and Technical Vocational Education Act, will be a complementing policy of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).
Read MoreAN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY, PROVIDING THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (7/23/2013)
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SBN-7, as Filed
On the first day of the 16th Congress, Senator Loren Legarda set out her legislative priorities as she filed proposed measures on education, poverty alleviation, natural resources management, disaster preparedness, environmental conservation, and cultural preservation.
Read MoreSenator Loren Legarda today congratulated Director Brillante Mendoza for being conferred the title Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Artes et Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French
Ministry of Culture.
“I am proud of Direk Brillante’s continuing success. He has been bringing honor to our country with his internationally-acclaimed films that raise people’s awareness on the realities in our society,” said Legarda.
“He is an artist who uses his talent […]
Senator Loren Legarda today assured the country’s estimated 14-17 million indigenous peoples (IPs) that she will continue to look after their welfare and rights and will help preserve and promote the culture that they protect.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities, said that providing equal opportunities for Filipino IPs will be among her priorities in her third term.
“Our aim is to improve the lives of our IPs by ensuring that they are respected, provided with opportunities available to […]
