A 59-year-old man was arrested late Wednesday night, May 27, after allegedly pointing a firearm at neighbors gathered for a mobile game session outside his residence in Barangay Gulod, Novaliches, Quezon City. According to the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), the incident occurred around 10:10...
If the deadly building collapse in Angeles City, Pampanga over the weekend highlighted anything, it 's the need for the immediate passage of the proposed new Philippine Building Act (PBA). Thus, said Surigao del Sur 1st district Rep. Romeo Momo Sr., chairman of the House Committee on Public...
Camarines Sur Reps. Migz Villafuerte (5th district) and Luigi Villafuerte (2nd district) are optimistic that a measure recently passed on third and final reading by the House of Representatives would let all local government units (LGUs) harmonize their respective land use plans with a...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued new rules streamlining the temporary admission of foreign cable-laying and repair vessels, as the government moves to facilitate submarine cable and offshore energy projects deemed critical to the country’s digital and energy infrastructure. Under the...
Murang Kuryente Party-list Rep. Arthur Yap played a key role in strengthening the proposed KALINGA Act on Wednesday, May 20 by ensuring the inclusion of concrete, consumer-focused interventions aimed at delivering immediate relief to Filipinos. The KALINGA Act--a pet measure of the House...
The proposed national emergency response and resiliency framework dubbed as the KALINGA Actwhich members of the House of Representatives crafted amid the fuel price crisis--has been approved on second reading. Deputy Speaker Misamis Oriental 2nd district Rep. Yevgeny Vincente Emano, the presiding...
A nearly seven-year-old policy that froze new Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) ecozone approvals in Metro Manila may need to be revisited as compliant office space in key central business districts (CBDs) becomes increasingly scarce, according to property consultancy Colliers. In a May 19...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has overhauled the rules for dissolving corporate entities and cancelling tax registrations, introducing a fast-track system that slashes processing times to as little as three working days for smaller enterprises. The tax agency issued Revenue Memorandum...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested two suspected drug pushers and confiscated over P169,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Vasra, Quezon City on Monday afternoon, May 18. Members of the District Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU) launched the operation at around 4:10...
ACT Teachers party-list Representative Antonio Tinio on Tuesday, May 19, asked the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) to investigate at least P4.44 billion worth of flood control projects in Davao City that their independent probe had flagged for alleged irregularities. In a letter addressed to...
Camarines Sur 5th district Rep. Migz Villafuerte is optimistic of the swift plenary passage of the proposed “Komprehensibong Alalay sa Livelihood, Inflation, Negosyo, at Goods Assistance (KALINGA) Act”, which the House of Representatives has positioned as an all-encompassing solution to the...
Three suspected drug personalities, including two with previous drug-related cases, were arrested and more than P141,000 worth of suspected illegal drugs were seized in separate buy-bust operations conducted by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on May 12. The QCPD said the operations resulted...
