JUST IN: Senate unanimously approves on second reading bill increasing teachers' school supplies allowance to P5,000 starting next year. | via @_katrinadomingo
@_katrinadomingo Under the proposed measure, teachers' school supplies allowance will be increased accordingly:
SY 2021 - P5,000
SY 2023 - P7,500
SY 2024 - P10,000
@_katrinadomingo The allowance hike - just like the existing "chalk allowance" - will only cover educators teaching in public schools. | via @_katrinadomingo
@IanEsguerra Valenzuela Representative Eric Martinez: 184 votes for rejection of Cayetano's previous resignation is a questionable number. #ANCMattersOfFact
@IanEsguerra#ANCMattersOfFact Martinez: Discontent of majority over distribution of funds led to Cayetano's downfall.
Ducielle Marie Suarez Cardema, spouse of former National Youth Commission (NYC) chairman Ronald Cardema, takes oath before the House of Representatives as representative of Duterte Youth party-list | via @VivienneGulla
Rodolfo Ordanes also took his oath as representative of Senior Citizens Party List, replacing the late Francisco Datol Jr., who died after contracting COVID-19. | via @VivienneGulla
@VivienneGulla The House of Representatives terminates plenary deliberations on the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s proposed 2021 budget | via @VivienneGulla
NOW ON ANC: Catch the top stories of the day with @donronX and @dnicedinsay on Top Story.
@donronX@dnicedinsay ON THE PHONE: @ZandroDZMM gives updates on the House of Representative's special session for 2021 budget deliberations.
@donronX@dnicedinsay Deputy House Speaker Rep. LRay Villafuerte on Rep. Lord Allan Velasco assuming speakership: At least this ended well; Speaker Alan Cayetano, instead of causing disruption in the House, he just was a gentleman. The challenge now for Lord Allan Velasco is to unify the majority.
LOOK: Among the OCTA Research Group's recommendations is stricter quarantine measures for Bauan, Calbayog and General Trias. | via @kristinesabillo
@kristinesabillo The OCTA Group said that while it saw a decreasing trend of COVID-19 cases for the entire Philippines and NCR, it still considered NCR a high risk area because of the number of new cases per day in the last 2 weeks. | via @kristinesabillo
@kristinesabillo Among NCR cities, San Juan had the highest “attack rate” (but lower than last week) or % of the population affected by the disease per day. A daily attack rate of 5% per 1,000 means that there are 5 new cases per 100,000 of the population, the OCTA group explained.
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@ConstantKC Senator Risa Hontiveros: Reina Mae Nasino was separated so early from her baby. She wasn't allowed to breastfeed. At any point someone in power could have intervened but it's as if no one was listening.
@ConstantKC Hontiveros: It's as if officials were actively denying Reina Mae her rights.