AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee is prodding the Landbank of the Philippines to expand its scholarship program for dependents of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), something that it can easily do based on its income, the solon said. AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee The state-run financial...
The Supreme Court (SC) can ask Congress to pass laws to address allegations of corruption in the judiciary, Senator Francis Escudero said on Saturday, Feb. 18. This can be done through the JELACC (Judicial Executive Legislative Advisory and Consultative Council (JELACC), Escudero said. Another way...
No matter how many laws facilitating the entry of foreign investments to the Philippines have been passed, they might all face obstacles if the corresponding economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution are not amended, Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla said Saturday, Feb. 18. Padilla, chairman of...
Senator Robinhood Padilla said on Saturday, Feb. 18 that he would rather resign as a senator if asked by the Senate leadership to set aside his resolution seeking amendments to the restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. Padilla, however, stressed that the Senate leadership had...
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) has promised Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla it would not allow the showing in the Philippines of the Hollywood film "Plane" because it put the Philippines in a bad light. In a statement, Padilla said Saturday, Feb. 18, that he...
For the third straight year, the country’s 117 state universities and colleges (SUCs) received increases in their budgets to support their constantly growing requirements to provide quality public education to the country’s tertiary students. Senator Juan Edgardo ‘’Sonny’’ Angara,...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Adiong took to Facebook on Friday night, Feb. 17 to thank those who prayed for his older brother, Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr., after the latter's convoy was ambushed by armed men. Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Adiong (Facebook) "Our unending...
"A brazen act of violence." Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Facebook) That's how House Deputy Minority Leader and Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman described on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18 the attempted assassination on Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. Adiong and his aide...
A group of Camarines Sur solons are batting for the imposition of a "carbon tax" on the use of electricity (CTE) as a way to raise extra funds for climate action initiatives. (Kelly Sikkema/ Unsplash) One of them, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, said such landmark tax can help the...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said that the fulfillment of Mindanao as the ‘’land of promise’’ is a "continuing call". Go, chairman of the Senate Health and Sports Committees, stressed this when took his oath last Thursday, Feb. 16 as an ex-officio member of the Mindanao Development...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is seeking administrative tax reforms to make it easier for heirs to file and pay for their estate taxes. This is one of the provisions of Senate Bill (SB) No.1346, or the Ease of Paying Tax Act, which introduces reforms by amending certain provisions of the National...
Be catalysts for change. Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, a lawyer and President of the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa), recieves a token of appreciation from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) National President Burt Estrada (right) and IBP Davao City President Maceste...
