During the plenary session of the Senate on Tuesday afternoon (February 7), Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr delivered a co-sponsorship speech in support of Senate Bill No. 1849 under Committee Report No. 23 which seeks to further strengthen professionalism and promote the continuity of policies and modernization initiatives in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

As a champion of accessible quality education and teachers’ welfare in the Senate, Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. enthusiastically led the public hearing of the Senate Committee on Civil Service, Government Reorganization and Professional Regulation on Wednesday morning (January 25) to deliberate bills which seek to provide additional benefits to teachers, including his priority bill aiming to institutionalize the teaching supplies allowance, more popularly known as ‘chalk allowance’.

Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. sees nothing wrong with Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos' call for senior police officers to tender their courtesy resignations.

In line with his commitment to champion the welfare of government workers who selflessly devote their service to the nation, Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. has been studying already the feasibility of providing a raise on the current salaries being received by government employees. This is even before several public sector unions called for an increase in the minimum salary of government workers to P33,000 per month.

During the session of the Senate on Monday afternoon, Senator Ramon Bong Revila, Jr. co-sponsored Senate Bill No. 1410 which seeks to declare the first day of February every year as National Hijab Day.