Filipino families seeking to adopt a child may soon find it easier once the bill simplifying the process of adoption in the Philippines is signed into law soon. This, after the Senate’s version of the measure, Senate Bill No. 1933 or the Domestic Administration Adoption Act, was approved on third...
The proposed Hidilyn Diaz Act easily hurdled second reading passage in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, August 24. Hidilyn Diaz 2 House Bill 9990 seeks to clarify all laws on the imposition of taxes for bonuses, rewards, donations, gifts and other forms of emoluments granted to national...
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on final reading a bill that provides for nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:10 and mandates additional protection and development of the nursing profession in the country. Nurses in PPE House Bill No. 9389 or the New Philippine Nursing Practice Act...
It was a bad day for a motorcycle rider who availed of a quick driver's license after he was busted by operatives of the Inter-agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) after a helmet violation in Bulacan. The rider, whose identity was withheld, was apparently first apprehended for wearing the wrong...
Aside from violating the rules on non-essential travels, some motorcycle riders are also defying law on the use of helmet which experts said is not only protection from accident but another line of defense from infection of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This, as the Inter-agency Council for...
The House committee on appropriations on Wednesday approved the substitute measure seeking to assist young athletes in the country by providing programs and financial incentives towards their development. The House panel approved in particular, the substitute bill for House Bill No. 5808 or the...
A group of education workers on Tuesday, Aug. 17, asked the Department of Education (DepEd) to recall its order on the computation of the proportional vacation pay (PVP) of public school teachers. (FILE PHOTO from DepEd) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines was extremely dismayed...
The progressive Makabayan bloc is pushing for a full scale congressional inquiry into the adverse audit findings made by the Commission on Audit in the the management by the Department of Health of the P67.32 billion anti-COVID 19 funds. Makabayan bloc image The resolution calling for the...
After suffering a backlash from educators following his push to improve teacher quality purportedly to address the education crisis, a group of education workers advised Senator Sonny Angara to study the working conditions of teachers to “better understand the education crisis.” (ALI VICOY /...
The House Committee on Women and Gender Equality has strongly endorsed for approval the bill making child marriages unlawful and penalizing persons, including parents, found guilty of facilitating or solemnizing illegal unions. Child marriage Authors of House Bill 9943 or the Anti-Child Marriage...
An anthropology professor at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman offered an explanation regarding the controversy involving Apo Whang-od of Kalinga and Palestinian-Israeli content creator Nuseir Yassin of Nas Daily. Tattoo master Apo Whang-od and vlogger Nuseir Yassin of Nas Daily...
House Asst. Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro on Thursday, August 5 is confident that Senator Grace Poe will scrutinize closely the proposed renewal of legislative franchises of two Metro Manila water concessionaires, saying that this is what the House of Representatives...
