Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill that would grant a 20 percent discount to indigent job applicants when it comes to paying fees and charges for certain certificates and clearances issued by government agencies for employment purposes. “Nais po nating bigyan ng patas na oportunidad ang ating...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (PPAB) The alleged P2.697 billion confidential funds spent by the local government of Davao City between 2016 and 2022 could have been used to fund the allowance of local teachers for over a decade. Makabayan...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) House Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo wrote a Facebook post Sunday night, Oct. 1 about a common problem of airplane passengers. Front and center in Tulfo's post is the picture of a...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (left) and Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza (MANILA BULLETIN, PPAB) Who says congressmen from either side of the fence can't work together? ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo and Northern Samar 1st...
A group of education workers on Sunday, Oct. 1, called for the abolition of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) and to rechannel the funds to education and other basic services. (MARK BALMORES / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “Habang naghihingalo ang kalagayan ng ating mga pampublikong...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from YouTube live) House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro called on the Commission on Audit (COA) to look into the alleged spending of P2.697 billion in confidential...
The country’s octogenarians and nonagenarians can now look forward to receiving cash gifts from the government as the bill expanding the coverage of the “Centenarians Act of 2016” has successfully hurdled the Senate’s third and final reading. Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.,...
(Unsplash) House Deputy Minority leader and Makabayan bloc member ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro proclaimed "partial success" over the much-disputed issue of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the propsosed 2024 national budget. “Sa tingin...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro voted against the Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP) Pension Reform Bill for the reason that it would redirect a...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Ranking House members led by Speaker Martin Romualdez have welcomed the enactment of the "Trabaho Para sa Bayan Act", which they said would facilitate job-generation for Filipinos. Romualdez was among the government officials who...
ILOILO CITY – Antique Gov. Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao said politics is behind the 90-day preventive suspension imposed by the Sandiganbayan against her for allegedly violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. “My political detractors have concentrated their efforts and even resorted to...
Vice President Sara Duterte (rightmost, bottom row, sitting) listens to Davao de Oro 1st district Rep, Maria Carmen Zamora's (standing) defense of the OVP budget for 2024. (Screenshot from YouTube live) The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will "submit to the...
