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May 27, 2021
One News Agenda Interview of Senator Win Gatchalian on vaccine hesitancy, distance learning and sim card registration
Vaccine hesitancy
Q: Before we get into the serious stuff, were you in any way participating in the recent dialogues in the Senate where Senator Cynthia Villar was lamenting the fact na yung mga senior citizens ay hindi pa pinapalabas?
SEN. WIN: No, I wasn t there but I read the part of the conversation between her and Senator Binay and of course, Senator Cynthia is a senior citizen and she feels the plight of our senior citizens. In fact, many of our families are not given the chance to get together because their lolos and lolas cannot go out of their houses. The sooner, of course the theory here is the sooner they can go out, the sooner they can mingle with their family members, but of course we have to follow science and for now, because a lot of our senior citizens are not vaccinated yet. Cito, vaccine hesitancy is real, and our exp
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Sponsorship speech on the Bicameral Conference Committee Report on the CREATE Bill
3 February 2021
Mr. President, as Chairperson of the Senate contingent to the Bicameral Conference Committee tasked to propose reforms on the Corporate Income Tax and Incentives system, I am elated, I am giddy with excitement to report to the Senate on the approved version of the CREATE Bill. Here are the major provisions of our measure, which the bicam committee adopted:
- Importation of Covid-19 vaccines are exempt from import duties. Note that the Senate version already included exemption of the vaccines from VAT.
- Enterprises have the option to choose between the Special Corporate Income Tax of 5% or Enhanced Deductions after enjoying the Income Tax Holiday (ITH)
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by Senator Panfilo M. Lacson
Jan. 18, 2021
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues, I rise before you on a matter of collective and personal privilege.
Looking back to last week s Committee of the Whole 2-day hearings, I couldn t help but think that we ve been had. Instead of having the information needed to aid us in our legislative work mainly because some people in the panel of our resource persons who are in charge of the vaccine program were not forthright and honest in their responses to the questions raised by the members of this august chamber.
Nevertheless, we find comfort from the wise words of Winston Churchill, who said and I quote: Truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but, in the end, there it is.
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Manifestation Speech of Sen. Joel Villanueva
Mr. President, please allow me to spread into the records that I join the Sponsor our hardworking finance chair Senator Angara and the rest of our colleagues in approving the two Committee Report which extends the availability of the appropriations under the 2020 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and the Bayanihan to Recover As One Act (RA 11494).
As we still remain in a pandemic-induced economic recession, thousands of businesses have either limited or completely ceased their operations, affecting our local and overseas workers. Based on the October 2020 Labor Force Survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), 3.8 million Filipinos actively looking for jobs are unable to find jobs amidst this pandemic. This, Mr. President, does not include the thousands discouraged workers who stopped looking for jobs due to lack of opportunities, and the displaced OFWs, who are both technically considered as workers outside the