Philippine Senator Ed Angara Press Releases

The following are the archived press releases from the office of Philiippine Senator Ed Angara for April 2007.

• Angara lauds Laguna Province
• Race toward progress is through Science - Angara
• Angara bats for development, calls for peace in Mindanao
• Mindanao pushes for Angara and Team Unity Senatorial Candidates
• Angara calls on all absentee voters to exercise right to vote
• Team Unity candidates bat for P17B - P20B agri fund - Angara
• Angara calls for review of Philippine AIDS Law
• Senate must sharpen tools vs. corruption - Angara
• Ed Angara's Upward Blitz
• Vote-rich provinces will deliver votes to Team Unity
• Angara offers hope for out-of-school youth
• Expedite peace talks with MILF - Angara
• The Philippines can be the Saudi of Abaca - Angara
• Angara calls for fair trade in agriculture
• Employment rate hits 92.2%; RP can do better - Angara
• Team unity bats for LaborCom
• Labor Day Issues
• RP future lies in technology - Angara

Team Unity candidate Senator Edgardo J. Angara today lauded Laguna province for maintaining its status as the fastest-growing province in Southern Tagalog.

Educator and reelectionist senator Edgardo Angara called for a reassessment of the status of education, particularly in the areas of science, engineering and technology, at University of Cebu's commencement exercises last week.

Political leaders of this province called for a champion in the Senate to voice out the causes of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), mainly the delivery of and access to basic social services.

Political heavyweights from across the Mindanao region have unanimously vowed to support the senatorial candidacy of Team Unity senatorial candidate Edgardo J. Angara and the other TU candidates, adding that they will deliver votes in numbers big enough to make a real difference in the May 14 election.

Reelectionist Senator Edgardo J. Angara calls on all absentee voters to exercise their right to choose the leaders of the country this coming election.

A P17 to P20 billion a year allocation for agricultural modernization will be pushed by the Team Unity senatorial candidates after winning in the May 14 elections.

Reelectionist Senator Edgardo J. Angara calls for the review of the Philippine Aids Prevention and Control Law of 1998.

Sen. Edgardo Angara said that senatorial candidates must include in their political agenda a well-conceived measure to combat corruption in government at all levels because corruption hinders efforts to sustain progress.

Edgardo Angara posted the biggest gain, entering the Magic 12 of winning senatorial candidates, reports the Philippine Daily Inquirer in its account of the latest nationwide survey of the senate race conducted in March by the Social Weather Stations.

Senator Edgardo J. Angara said that Pangasinan, Cebu, and Negros Occidental- the three biggest voting provinces in the country- will deliver big votes to the Team Unity senatorial candidates, as the campaign momentum has been seized by the pro administration senatorial candidates.

Sen. Edgardo J. Angara, a former president of the University of the Philippines, has offered his expertise and contacts to establish a state-funded technical institute to benefit the Filipino out-of-school youths.

Sen. Edgardo J. Angara advocated the immediate resumption of the peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) so that P25 billion could immediately be poured into Mindanao for its development.

The Philippines should now invest in research and technology on the local abaca industry with the great international demand for natural fiber.

The liberalization of the agriculture sector should start with the world's most powerful economies whose farm subsidies and market restrictions have gravely prejudiced the agriculture sectors of the Philippines and other developing countries, Team Unity senatorial candidate Edgardo J. Angara today said.

Reelectionist senator Edgardo Angara said yesterday that although the employment rate in January 2007 was very promising, he believes the country can do better by aiming for zero-unemployment.

Team Unity will press for the modernization of the Philippine Labor Code to keep it in step with labor trends and the sweeping changes in the employment landscape, Senator Edgardo J. Angara said.

Senator Edgardo J. Angara said that the country should embark on an ambitious workers training and retraining program to create a vast pool of skilled and globally-competitive manpower which is ready to fill jobs in the country's growing economy or in high-paying jobs overseas.

Sen. Edgardo J. Angara said that the stride of Philippine progress would be greater if it could not only keep in step with advances in technology but also be an innovative force in it.