Notifications Powered By National, News Makabayan bloc needs numbers to elevate ABS-CBN franchise to plenary –Cayetano July 23, 2020, 12:10 PM by Jeffrey Damicog House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday, July 23, said Makabayan bloc lawmakers should muster the numbers if they want to raise before plenary ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal. “It really depends on the numbers kung anong mangyayari (on what will happen),” said the Taguig-Pateros representative during an interview over CNN Philippines. Cayetano pointed this out after six Makabayan bloc lawmakers backing the network on Wednesday, July 22, asked the House of Representatives committee on legislative franchises to formally submit to plenary its committee report turning down the network’s request for a new  franchise. CONTINUE READING National, News Safety rst in limited SoNA coverage July 23, 2020, 12:13 PM by Argyll Cyrus Geducos Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that the committee in charge of planning President Duterte’s State-of-the-Nation Address (SoNA) was probably only thinking of everyone’s safety when it decided to limit the media coverage of the annual event. Nograles made the statement the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) announced in an advisory that members of the media will not be allowed inside the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City during the President’s SoNA on Monday. CONTINUE READING National, News Accessible interventions for students with disabilities sought July 23, 2020, 12:23 PM by Hannah Torregoza  Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday stressed the need for the government to increase early interventions and diagnosis for students with disabilities especially now since the COVID-19 pandemic is hampering their access to these essential health and education services. Gatchalian, who had earlier filed Senate Bill No. 171 or the proposed Inclusive for Education for Children and Youth with Special Needs Act, said interventions should be made available to children aged zero to four at child development and daycare centers. LATEST CONTINUE READING N E W S V b s W O