Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Rep. Salceda's office, Facebook) House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Joey Salceda is asking Malacañang to certify the proposed Ease of Paying Taxes (EOPT) Act as an urgent measure. Salceda, Albay's 2nd...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) If there's a prize for early attendees to plenary sessions in the House of Representatives, ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo might end up being a frequent winner. Earlier this week, the neophyte congressman posted on Facebook a photo of himself...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda has sought the maintenance of reciprocity and mutual respect in upholding the rights of the Philippines over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) disputes as constituted under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) seven years ago....
Provincial and sub-provincial jails would soon be under the management of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). This, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said, will happen once the proposed Jail Integration Act is enacted into law. Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa (Senate...
(Unsplash) Don't look now, but the seven-month registration window for subscriber identity module or SIM cards is finally over. As such, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is prodding law enforcement agencies to crack down harder on violators of the SIM Registration Act as well as the...
Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate public services committee, on Wednesday, July 26,  said authorities can now train their sights on running after scammers who continue to defraud the public using the subscriber identity module (SIM) of mobile phones.      ...
New Bilibid Prison (NBP) The good life continues for certain privileged inmates at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City in the form of lengthy conjugal visits, fast food deliveries, online shipping, and high-powered firearms. Thus, said ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo who bared such...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Is the septic tank at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City a dumping area for bodies of dead inmates? House Resolution (HR) No.1136, filed by ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo Wednesday, July 26, seeks to shed...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero, on Wednesday, July 26, vowed to pursue the passage of a measure seeking to introduce amendments to the procurement law and auditing code to help empower local government units (LGUs). Sen. Francis "Chiz"...
Anti-cyber crime experts of the Philippine National Police (PNP) warned netizens of expected escalation of hacking incidents in the social media with the full implementation of the SIM registration law. Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Hernia, director of the PNP-Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG), said they...
Quezon 4th district Rep. Keith Micah “Atty. Mike” Tan (Facebook) House Assistant Majority Leader and Quezon 4th district Rep. Keith Micah “Atty. Mike” Tan has responded to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s State of the Nation Address (SONA) by filing two measures that the latter...
Teachers were among those that were looking forward to the updates by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. especially for the education sector when he delivered his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24. (NOEL PABALATE / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) While Marcos mentioned...
