President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has asked the House Committee on Ways and Means chairman to study the possibility of removing the 12 percent value-added tax (VAT) component of public utilities, especially electricity. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda This was revealed by the committee...
A resilient, peaceful, and progressive regional community. Vietnam National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (right) gives House Speaker Martin Romualdez a token of appreciation during a break in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) meeting at the...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis “LRay” Villafuerte has thrown his support behind the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) plan to legalize more Minahang Bayan (MB) areas. Photo from Mines and Geosciences Bureau The MBs are zones wherein small-scale mining (SSM)...
The United States has given the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) sets of dive equipment and emergency medical supplies for the latter's search and rescue operations. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) The US Embassy in Manila said the US Embassy Civil Affairs Team (CAT) donated the...
Voluntary drug testing. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Facebook) This was Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers's proposal for college athletes after the veteran solon saw the viral rampage of Jose Rizal University (JRU) cager John Amores wherein the latter...
A consolidated House bill (HB) that seeks to establish a Virology Science and Technology Institute of the Philippines has hurdled not one, but two House panels. Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The approved substitute measure is a consolidation of 31 different bills. It received the approval of...
Canada will undertake a recruitment mission in Manila later this month to hire Filipino healthcare workers willing to work in one of its provinces. Healthcare workers The Embassy of Canada in the Philippines announced that the country's Saskatchewan province has employment opportunities open for...
The Philippine economy's 7.6 percent growth in the third quarter of the year shows that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s "silent efforts" in uplifting the pandemic-ravaged economy has begun to pay off. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (2nd from left) looks over at President Ferdinand...
A House leader said it's "no fluke" that the administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was able to record its first economic growth from its first ever quarterly report. Albay 2nd district. Joey Salceda (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN) Albay...
MAGSASAKA Party-list is backing President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s plan to import fertilizers next year as a way to improve local food production and help stabilize food prices. MAGSASAKA Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal The party-list's first nominee in the House of Representatives, Robert...
