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The man who should have been president
Sen. Edgardo Angara, also known as "EDJA," would have been president in 2001 had he been elected as vice president... read article
IMPROVE RULES ON GOVT-FUNDED DEVT RESEARCH—ANGARA
Mon, 02/22/2010 - 22:48 — adminWith the growing global demand for technology-based industries, Senator Edgardo J. Angara is pushing for a framework and support system to improve policies on the ownership, management and use of intellectual property generated from government-funded research and development projects.
EAT MORE VEGETABLES, BEAT CHILD MALNUTRITION—ANGARA URGES PINOYS
Mon, 02/22/2010 - 22:38 — adminWith recent studies showing high malnutrition among Filipino children, Sen. Edgardo Angara is launching his advocacy campaign tagged OMG! (Oh My Gulay!) that encourages a healthy, inexpensive diet of fruits and vegetables. Angara urges the country to eat more vegetables to beat child malnutrition, which he refers to as the society’s silent killer.
ANGARA: INITIATE MORE EXCHANGE SCHOLARSHIPS IN ASIA
Mon, 02/22/2010 - 22:37 — adminIn promoting bilateral trade talks with Asian giants, Sen. Edgardo Angara urged universities and government agencies for education and the sciences to increase foreign exchange scholarship programs in Asia. He specifically called for partnerships in the fields of science, mathematics, digital technology and engineering.
At a meeting with experts in the education and culture sectors, along with the DepEd, the CHED and DOST, Angara called for augmented efforts in initiating and maintaining educational exchange ties with South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
MINDANAO PEACE NEEDS ECO-SOCIAL DEVT, MORE JOBS—ANGARA
Mon, 02/22/2010 - 22:33 — adminSenator Edgardo J. Angara has again reminded the government that for Mindanao to attain peace and order, an economic-social progress has to be secured for its people. Angara has been calling for a governing body to oversee regional development in Mindanao to tap its vast human and natural resources and as long-term effect, end the political and feudal conflicts in the region.
Angara envisions RP as Asia's medical tuorism hub
Mon, 02/08/2010 - 00:59 — adminCiting the huge potential of the Philippines to become the Asia’s medical tourism hub, Senator Edgardo J. Angara encouraged the health and tourism sectors to take advantage of this rapidly growing trend by investing on technology and by promoting our affordable medical and surgical services abroad.
Angara urges additional benefits for teachers
Senator Edgardo J. Angara pushes for amendments in the Magna Carta for Public School Teacher to provide benefits to teachers, including scholarship grants for their children, health care and pension.
Brief reaction to the Philippine
Human Development Report 200-2009
"It is not unusual to encounter a study expounding that there is something terribly wrong with the country. But we don’t know exactly what it is that we’re doing wrong. Thus the appeal of events like this launch..." read full transcript
Climate-proofing our cities
The recent extensive flooding in Metro Manila highlighted the need to make drastic changes in the way we plan and build our cities. It pointed to the need for a long overdue makeover of the haphazard urban planning in Metro Manila, a city of 12 million people where drainage systems are lacking, waterways are clogged, and where shantytowns and housing developments dot areas close to rivers and lakes.
A Reaction to the 08/09 Philippine Human Development Report... see more photos
