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SENATE Majority Leader Francis ‘Tol’ Tolentino took his reelection campaign to various localities from Central Luzon to Southern Tagalog over the weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In speeches delivered in separate political assemblies in Porac, Pampanga; Tanauan, Batangas; and Bi\u00f1an, Laguna, Tolentino appealed to voters to choose candidates with integrity, track record, and a clear platform of governance.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “The daily problems and concerns of ordinary Filipinos are the <\/strong>same, wherever they may be. Similarly, they are bound by<\/strong> common aspirations, such as a comfortable life, education for their children, and gainful employment for themselves and members of their family,” Tolentino pointed out.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Thus, it is crucial that voters choose leaders with integrity, track record, and a clear platform of governance. They must embody the dreams and aspirations of the common Filipino for their family, community, and country,” he stressed.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The senator then shared his initiatives to push for the lowering of electricity and internet costs on behalf of ordinary consumers.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tolentino is the principal author of Senate Bill 2970, which seeks to exempt electricity and internet from the 12% value added tax (VAT).<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He also authored and sponsored the Philippine Maritime Zones Act (Republic Act 12064), which aims to enhance the country’s sovereign rights over its territory and exclusive economic zone, including the resource-rich West Philippine Sea and Talampas ng Pilipinas (formerly Benham Rise), located in the country’s eastern seaboard.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SENATE Majority Leader Francis ‘Tol’ Tolentino took his reelection campaign to various localities from Central Luzon to Southern Tagalog over the weekend. In speeches delivered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13026,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13024\/revisions\/13026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}