Some senators are in agreement with the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) plan to streamline the bureaucracy, and remove or merge government agencies whose functions are already overlapping or are redundant. Returning Senators Loren Legarda and Francis “Chiz” Escudero said they...
A joint legislative measure imposing stricter penalties on the consumption of alcoholic beverages by what they call “unqualified users”--minors and persons with mental and physical disabilities--has been filed in the House of Representatives. (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) Currently, the legal age...
Representatives of the Social Amelioration and Genuine Intervention on Poverty (SAGIP) Party-list introduced what they called “10 Power Bills” in the 19th Congress to alleviate poverty by addressing the country’s energy crisis. SAGIP Party-list Reps. Rodante Marcoleta (left) and Caroline...
Through House Bill (HB) 1069, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) Modernization Act, the government will receive an influx of revenue which can be used to fund ayuda (financial aid) programs amid the rising prices of fuel and basic goods, says 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan. Seal of the Bureau of...
Administration Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has assured public school teachers that he would look into their salaries and benefits to ensure that it would be commensurate with their workload. Estrada made the promise during a recent interview, saying it is one of his priorities as the...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has reintroduced in the 19th Congress the bill which seeks to mandate the appointment of at least two barangay health workers (BHWs) in every barangay and granting them standard salaries and additional incentives. Go, who will again chair the Senate Committee on...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has filed a measure seeking to mandate government offices to adopt digital systems to expedite transactions and enable them to pay and receive digital currency. The proposed “Use of Digital Payments Act” is part of the initial bills filed by the senator in the...
A House Bill (HB) seeking the establishment of the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR) has been filed by Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez and Tingog Party-list Reps. Yedda Romualdez and Jude Acidre. “It is high time that we create a truly empowered department that will focus on...
All work and no play makes Rufus Rodriguez a dull congressman. In a surprising display of disco moves, Cagayan De Oro 2nd district Rep. Rodriguez took a break from writing bills and resolutions for the 19th Congress by--how else? Dancing. CDO Rep. Rufus Rodriguez dances to Elton John's Crocodile...
Pinuno Party-list Rep. Howard Guintu has filed House Bill (HB) 1041, or the proposed “Free On-Site Living Quarters for Public School Teachers Act". Public school teachers at work (Photo from DepEd/Manila Bulletin) “This bill will address the problems of our public school teachers who need to...
When it comes to Philippine politics, readers of the Manila Bulletin are quite savvy--but always in a hurry. So much in a hurry that most of them may not have realized that some 150 or nearly half of the House of Representatives members in the 19th Congress are either complete neophytes or...
A party-list lawmaker filed a bill in Congress proposing to rename the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) back into the Manila International Airport (MIA), less than a week after a bill was lodged to rename the gateway into the Ferdinand E. Marcos International Airport. (FILE PHOTO/MANILA...
