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The chief solon-investigator in the reported questionable deal between the Development Bank of the Philippines and the owners of the ABS-CBN that allegedly resulted in government losing P1.6 billion has asked accusers to produce the evidence that will support the allegations.

Veteran solons on Monday slammed government’s decision to unilaterally terminate the 1989 UP-DND agreement even as they appealed for reconsideration from Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana.

The House of Representatives has approved on final reading a bill declaring San Jose del Monte City (SJDM) in Bulacan the human resource capital of the Philippines.

The bill granting the country’s 270,000 medical frontliners 25 percent discount on their income taxes marched closer to plenary approval after gaining the support of the House Committee on Rules.

Amendment of the economic provisions in the Constitution will put an end to “dummying” that many foreign corporations resort to in order to do business in the country.

The House of Representatives on Monday passed on third and final reading a bill extending to members of the Fourth Estate full protection and equal benefits provided by the law to other workers.

The House of Representatives leadership on Monday stripped of committee assignments two staunch allies of former speaker and incumbent Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano who helped him form the new political bloc BTS, an acronym taken from the popular K-pop group.

Key supporters of ABS-CBN’s return on the air launched Monday the difficult task of reviving the network giant by filing separate bills proposing to grant the broadcast station a 25-year legislative franchise.

Whether rich or poor, all local government units will receive from the national government COVID-19 vaccines that will cover 70 percent of their population, with the more affluent getting the advantage of inoculating 100 percent of local population.

The Philippines is fighting for a share of the remaining 20 percent of the available COVID-19 vaccines for the year or what is left from the supplies that rich nations have not yet preordered.

Quezon Rep. David “Jayjay” Suarez is pushing for the decongestion of the lone government-run hospital in his province to strongly beef up its defenses against COVID-19 and other serious public health threats that may arise in future.

The House of Representatives, currently in the thick of its bid to amend the Constitution, will tread carefully but with vigor the Charter change process by strictly abiding by what the 1987 Constitution provides on the issue.

Saying that the House of Representatives has degenerated into a “house of politics”, Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano and six of his key allies during his days as speaker have regrouped to form a new bloc.

With national government debt increasing by an average of 5.74 percent annually during the pre-pandemic years of 2009 to 2019, a spike in foreign and local borrowings from 2019 total of P7.43 trillion threatens the country as a result of the devastating effects of the COVID pandemic to public health and the economy.

After blowing hot and cold on bills proposing to amend the 1987 Constitution for over a year now, the leadership of the House of Representatives has finally made up its mind at concentrating on the passage of only one of the 13 pending proposals on Charter change.

Even before Congress could make a move to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, prospects of serious legal challenge were swiftly aired against a possible violation by the House of Representatives of the limited amendatory procedure embodied in the Charter.

Despite enjoying an allocation of nearly P6.7 billion, the Free Wi-FI Program assigned to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) scored a dismal 15 percent accomplishment even as it was  tainted with irregularities, the Commission on Audit (COA) has reported.

House Deputy Speaker Oriental Mindoro Rep. Doy Leachon strongly advised the public to take the necessary health precautions against COVID-19 as he recounted Monday the “ordeal” he and his wife went through as a result of a bout with the dreaded disease last Christmas.