House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio has rejected the notion that the deadly Tacloban City school shooting displayed "isolated criminal behavior". Instead, the veteran lawmaker claimed that the tragic incident reflected a deeper set of longstanding and...
Senator Robinhood Padilla renewed his call for the tackling of his proposed measure seeking to amend the country’s juvenile justice law, following a fatal school shooting in Tacloban that left three students dead and seven others wounded. In a Facebook post, Padilla asked whether there is still...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has expressed support for a proposal to raise the current biodiesel blend level from three percent to five percent to help ease the impact of higher fuel prices on motorists. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said he is endorsing the policy resolution of...
The proposed Anti-Political Dynasty Act, which was recently passed in the House of Representatives, has been presented as a long-overdue response to the constitutional mandate against political dynasties. Yet the concerns raised by several respected business and civil society organizations suggest...
The Sandiganbayan Second Division has ordered a 90-day preventive suspension of Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada over a graft case pending before the anti-graft court in relation to the alleged multi-million flood control kickback scheme. In a statement issued on Tuesday, June 16, the...
The Philippines has sought World Bank backing for a $1-billion program aimed at tackling the country ’ s plastic waste problem, starting with Metro Manila. In a June 10 document, the World Bank said that the proposed Clean Philippines Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) is designed to improve...
The House of Representatives is playing catch-up with the Senate when it comes to the proposed Citizen Access and Disclosure of Expenditures for National Accountability (CADENA) Act, a budget transparency measure. But Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Migz Villafuerte, whose committee is handling the...
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has flagged corruption as a major risk to Philippine infrastructure delivery, warning that the multibillion-peso flood-control corruption scandal show that current accountability safeguards remain insufficient to prevent the misuse of...
Surigao del Sur 1st district Rep. Romeo Momo Sr. is urging Malacañang to promptly certify as urgent the passage of the proposed new Philippine Building Act (PBA) following the widespread damage caused to infrastructure by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Sarangani and its nearby provinces....
A congressman from a renewable energy (RE) hub in the Philippines has expressed high hopes for the House-passed KALINGA bill--a crisis response measure that stemmed from the fuel price crisis. Camarines Sur 5th district Rep. Migz Villafuerte said that House Bill (HB) No. 9305, or the...
The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading an all-encompassing measure that seeks to establish a permanent national emergency response framework to protect Filipinos from fuel-driven inflation, energy shocks, supply disruptions and future global crises....
Reforms in public procurement, infrastructure oversight, and accountability must be fully carried out to ensure that the billion-peso flood-control corruption scandal does not happen again and those responsible are made to answer, according to four governance and business groups. In a joint...
