Get to know Sen. Sonny Angara, the New DepEd Secretary

 To supply openings to each Filipino family is the objective of each degree and approach pushed by Representative Sonny Angara. He is one of the foremost dedicated and beneficial individuals of Congress, having supported or wrote more than 330 laws in his 18 a long time as legislator—first as Aurora Province agent from 2004 to 2013, and after that as Congressperson from 2013 to the show. Representative Sonny has wrote such point of interest enactment as the Free College Law, the Free Kindergarten Law, the All inclusive Healthcare Act, the extended Open Work Benefit Office (PESO) Act, the Kasambahay Law, the OWWA Constitution, the Extended Senior Citizens Act, the National Competitors and Coaches Benefits and motivating forces Act, and the National Sports Foundation Act.

He proceeds to chair the Senate Committee on Back. With this portfolio, he made a difference direct the national reaction to the widespread through enactment such as the Bayanihan to Recoup as One Act, the National COVID-19 Immunization Program Act, and the Wellbeing Crisis Stipend for Wellbeing Specialists Law. He has too served as the Chairman of the Committee on Youth, where effectively shepherded the SK Change which among other things, allowed month to month honoraria to SK individuals, sectaries, and treasurers. As Youth Committee Chair within the 19th Congress, he proceeds to thrust for more prominent openings for the youth to take an interest in policy-making and nation-building.

Since 2019, Congressperson Angara has been pushing a “Tatak Pinoy (Gladly Filipino)” campaign for making Philippine merchandise and administrations more advanced and universally competitive. Beneath this initiative, he filed such bills as the Trades and Speculations Improvement Act (EIDA), the Household Bidders Inclination Program Act, the National Quality Arrangement and Framework (NQI) Act, and the Shared Benefit Offices Act.

Seeing the potential of Filipino professionals to succeed advance within the computerized economy, Representative Angara was principal author of the Computerized Workforce Competitiveness Act. Within the 19th Congress, he has recorded the National Advanced Change Act, the Nearby ICT Officers Act, and the Science and Technology Parks Incentives Act, among numerous other measures.

Representative Sonny may be a graduate of Xavier School, the London School of Financial matters, the College of the Philippines College of Law, and Harvard Law School. He has been a normal daily paper columnist, and a teacher of Law. He is the co-team captain of the Senate Shields, the official ball group of the Senate.

He is happily married to spouse Tootsy and they have three children.

 SOURCE: SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES