Pia files bill to protect La Mesa Watershed

 Senator Pia S. Cayetano is pushing for the immediate passage of Senate Bill 1714 which seeks to declare the La Mesa Watershed as a Watershed Reservation to protect from indiscriminate exploitation one of Metro Manila’s last remaining sources of potable water.

 Pia cautions DOTC: Consult public before increasing LRT-MRT fares

 “The government’s ‘losses’ in terms of subsidy to the LRT and MRT must always be weighed against the many benefits of the mass railway system, including health benefits brought about by less pollution and less traffic in the metropolis, as well as the convenience and economic benefits it brings to ordinary workers who would rather be in a moving train than be stuck in traffic or be late for work.”

Office of Senator Pia S. Cayetano
News Release
July 26, 2010

Pia on SONA: "P-Noy must put Millennium Development Goals back on track"

Senator Pia S. Cayetano today urged President Benigno Aquino III to find ways to put the country’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) back in order as the new President delivers his very first State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday.

 Pia to BIR: ‘Is it now the State’s policy to exempt

minimum wage earners but tax small vendors and drivers?’

 Senator Pia S. Cayetano today warned the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) against proceeding with its plan to tax market and sari-sari store vendors, as well as pedicab and tricycle drivers, as part of government efforts to raise additional revenues to plug the budget deficit.

 Pia: Water shortage is first ‘gut issue’ that P-Noy must confront head on

 Senator Pia S. Cayetano today urged the Aquino administration to seriously consider proposals to centralize and coordinate efforts of various government agencies to map out long-term solutions to address the recurring water shortage in Metro Manila and the provinces—possibly with President Benigno Aquino III himself at the helm as the country’s ‘water czar.’

 Pia lauds hard stance vs. tax evaders, urges Aquino gov’t to also crack down on extrajudicial killings

 “The Aquino administration took a strong first step towards addressing the budget deficit and improving government finances by moving to charge a suspected big-time tax evader.

 Statement of Sen. Pia S. Cayetano on ‘idiotic’ Expanded Senior Citizens Act

 “Critics of the Expanded Senior Citizens Act (ESCA) should not train their eyes solely on tax revenues to be lost with the exemption of the elderly from the 12 percent VAT because these so-called ‘losses’ would ultimately contribute to the overall welfare of our senior citizens.

 Pia pushes “Midwife to the Barangay Act”

to curb RP’s high maternal mortality rate

 Saying that no mother should die while giving life, Senator Pia S. Cayetano has filed Senate Bill No.139, the

News Release

July 7, 2010

 Pia disappointed over TRO on graphic health warning on cigarette packs

 Senator Pia S. Cayetano today expressed disappointment over the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued by a Marikina court on a Department of Health (DOH) administrative order directing