The House Committee on Welfare of Children on Monday, Dec. 12, began initial deliberations on a bill that would consolidate several proposed measures for the Magna Carta of day care workers, which seeks to improve the working conditions of the workers by increasing their allowances and other...
The House of Representatives has placed itself in a position to approve on third and final reading up to 15 bills that were previously identified as priority measures by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC). The entrance to the House plenary (PPAB) Of this number, 13...
Benguet Lone District Rep. Eric Yap on Sunday, Dec. 11, urged the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to pursue a legal case against so-called agricultural smugglers who illegally import agricultural products into country that directly impacts local farmers. Benguet Rep. Eric Yap (Photo from Rep. Yap via...
Editorial The barangay health workers are a very special group of people in the community. They are vital to the delivery of primary health care to the people in the grassroots level. In the early days of the pandemic, the BHWs were the first responders to the public health problem brought by...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel on Tuesday, Dec. 6, called on Filipino youth to reject what he called a mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) “in disguise” as a joint committee hearing approved the substitute bill for House Bill (HB) 6486, or the “National Citizens Service...
Shocked and surprised? Not likely. Lawmakers and the chairman of the National Youth Commission (NYC) on Tuesday, Dec. 6, dispelled claims by the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) that they were surprised by the sudden discussions on the mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps...
The House tax panel approved on Monday, Dec. 5, the tax provisions of the proposed House Bill (HB) No. 6398, or the Maharlika Investment Fund Act, which will ensure that tax benefits go to the investment fund rather than line the pockets of executives and other officials. Albay 2nd district Rep....
REP. Yap (FB) LILOAN, Southern Leyte – Southern Leyte Rep. Christopherson ‘’Coco’’ Yap has filed a bill placing Panaon Island under the protection of the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act (NIPAS). Yap, together with Southern Leyte Rep. Luz Mercado, filed House Bills...
The Department of Finance (DOF) clarified that the imposition of value-added tax (VAT) on digital transactions only aims to ensure that everybody pays his fair share of taxes. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the proposed VAT on electronic or digital services does not impose new taxes,...
Less than two weeks after the creation of a technical working group (TWG) to thresh out the proposed amendments to the Right-of-Way (ROW) Act, a House panel on Tuesday, Nov. 29, approved the substitute bill that would improve the process of acquiring lands for ROW sites. Surigao del Sur Rep. Romeo...
The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Tuesday, Nov. 29, approved two bills that would strengthen students’ access to a creative arts track in secondary school and would improve the welfare of public school teachers through the creation of new teaching positions with higher salary...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has filed a bill pushing for the creation of a sovereign wealth fund (SWFs) that will improve investment opportunities for Filipinos. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Photo from House of Representatives via Twitter) House Bill (HB) No. 6398, if enacted, would establish...
