(Unsplash) Where will the Department of Agriculture (DA) spend its P50-million confidential fund under their 2024 budget? In the fight against agricultural smuggling. DA officials gave this answer during the agency's recent hearing on their proposed budget for next...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has received assurance from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) that it has a mechanism to provide person with disabilities (PWDs) with...
Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla said he would validate with law enforcement agencies the alleged figures that showed "drug-related killings" went up...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from YouTube live) The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives is mulling an inquiry on the alleged Philippine officials who had promised to China the removal of BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal. ...
Isabela 1st district Rep. Tonypet Albano (left), and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshots from YouTube live) Two congressmen clashed during the budget hearing of the Department of Tourism (DOT) before the House Committee on Appropriations,...
"Love the Philippines" logo ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro prodded the Department of Tourism (DOT) on Tuesday, Aug. 15 to file charges against Doyle, Dane & Bernbach (DDB) Philippines--the contractor behind the fiasco that was the "Love the...
(Unsplash) A Makabayan solon criticized on Tuesday, Aug. 15 the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for supposedly being slow in providing assistance to Filipinos affected by the devastating wildfire in Maui, Hawaii in the United States (US). "It is disheartening to see...
Vice President Sara Duterte shrugged off the comments made by House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro against the P500-million confidential funds that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) requested, insisting instead that the matter must be left to Congress....
The Philippines is expecting from France 200,000 euros (P12 million) worth of assistance as Paris is helping Manila attain food security for needy children. French Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou made the announcement on...
France is continuing the momentum of its strengthened ties with the Philippines in a number of areas through the three-day visit to Manila that was just concluded, of its minister for development. French Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships Chrysoula...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro is urging the House of Representatives to investigate the recent sinking of motorboat MB Princess Aya in Binangonan, Rizal, which resulted in the drowning of 27 passengers. Castro, a House deputy...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) expressed appreciation to House Deputy Minority Leader Francisca “France” Lustina Castro after she vowed that the Makabayan bloc will scrutinize the pension system of military personnel and other uniformed personnel (MUP). *AFP spokesperson Col. Medel...
