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(Contributed photo) MANILA - Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday urged the government to invest in a national program that will address academic deficiency caused bythe Covid-19 pandemic and avert losses from lack of face-to-face classes. In a news release, Gatchalian said Thursday's Senate hearing on Senate Bill No. 150, or the Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (ARAL) Program Act, revealed that the lack of face-to-face classes for a year will result in PHP10.8-trillion productivity losses over the next 40 years based on estimates by the National Economic and Development Authority. An initial allocation of PHP20 billion is included in the ARAL program. The amount may seem big but Gatchalian said it is only 0.18 percent of looming productivity losses. "PHP20 billion is actually quite cheap to spend on an academic recovery program. On the other hand, if you don't do anything, we lose PHP10 trillion right away," said Gatchalian, chair of the Committee on Basic E
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Philippine High School for the Arts (Facebook) MANILA - Actor and filmmaker Jerom Canlas was used to seeing sexual abuses committed at the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) while growing up, he thought those acts were normal. When he realized the wrongdoings, he and other victims did not dare complain for fear of losing their scholarships at the government-run secondary school at Mt. Makiling in Los Banos, Laguna. "Kahit ako sa sarili ko parang parte lang ito[sexual abuse] bilang estudyante sa Makiling (I myself thought that the sexual abuse is part of being a student in Makiling)," Canlas said as he recalled his ordeal in high schoolbeforethe Senate hearing of the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality on Tuesday. Canlas, 23, said that when he first made the abuses public via social media, several PHSA graduates reached out to him with similar horror tales from their mentors. Senator Robinhood Padilla praised Canlas' courage and encou
(PNA file photo by Robert Alfiler) MANILA - Senator Robinhood Padilla will push for additional protection for actors and workers in the entertainment industry, even as a former Malacanang official sought his help to include members of the media in his bill. Senate Bill No. 450, or the "Eddie Garcia Law" as a tribute to the late veteran actor, will ensure the protection and benefits of workers in show business. "The bill is a response to the urgent call of the members of the television and movie industry for the government to provide guidelines for safe and better working conditions and for the protection of the workers' welfare in the industry," Padilla said in a statement. Joel Sy Egco, the first executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) and former National Press Club president, likewise urged Padilla to include media workers, similar to House Bill 304, or the Media Workers Welfare Act filed by Camarines Sur Representatives Lu