The House Committee on Disaster Resiliency has strongly endorsed the passage of the bill providing for mandatory nationwide simultaneous earthquake and emergency preparedness drill. Earthquake drill online Chaired by Leyte 4th District Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez, House Bill 9806 has been submitted to...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 2 passed on third and final reading a bill ensuring the permanent validity of certificates of live birth, death and marriage in order to unburden citizens of the inconveniences and the unnecessary expenses of securing said certificates. Voting 199 in...
Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas on Monday, May 3, expressed confidence that the proposed Bayanihan 3 law will get strong support and will likely be passed swiftly as soon as regular sessions resume on May 16. `Vargas, chairman of the House Committee on Social Services and a co-author of the bill,...
Veteran director Mac Alejandre has a new trophy to add to his collection. He recently won Best Director at the Samskara International Film Festival in India for "Tagpuan." 'Tagpuan' film poster Mac is happy with the win, naturally. He said, I’m happy because it has made people who worked in the...
Rep. Alfred Vargas Rep. Alfred Vargas of the 5th District of Quezon City has lauded Mayor Joy Belmonte for including 300,000 senior citizens, 20,000 persons with disabilities (PWDs) and 703,000 indigents under the QC ProtekTodo plan. “Being one of the biggest cities in Metro Manila, we must all...
Rep. Alfred Vargas of 5th District of Quezon City JUST A THOUGHT: The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.—Sydney J. Harris XX FINDING SELF IN ‘’TAGPUAN:’’ Rep. Alfred Vargas has taken time off from his congressional duties to produce and act in a movie called Tagpuan, one...
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP), the country’s largest car company, has acknowledged that while it continued to import vehicles to meet local demand it also said that producing vehicles locally is an even more essential part of the economic recovery efforts of the...
Actor-politician Alfred Vargas always has a soft spot for the less privileged, specifically persons with disabilities (PWDs). Unknown to many, the amputation of his beloved grandmother’s leg due to bone cancer when he was still a young eight-year-old boy exposed him to the challenges faced by a...
Chooks 3x3 players continue training hold separate practices Wednesday at the Epsilon Chi Center in the University of the Philippines campus. Three teams kicked off the resumption of activities in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 by holding separate practices Wednesday at the Epsilon Chi Center...
Alfred Labatos Alfred Labatos, popularly known as one of the original cast members of "Goin' Bulilit," is now into dubbing. He is the voice behind the Tagalized version of the hit South Korean drama “The World of A Married Couple." He plays Tony. Based upon BBC One's drama series Doctor Foster...
