House Deputy Speaker Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has promised to refile two electoral reform bills in the 19th Congress: one to ban the substitution of candidates in national and local elections; and another that declares incumbent officials as automatically resigned upon filing of certificates of...
President Duterte has vetoed the proposed Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration law that seeks the mandatory registration of all such cards and social media accounts. President Duterte (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Presidential Communications Secretary and Acting Presidential...
A measure that seeks to give additional benefits to social workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has been filed in the House of Representatives. (Photo from Alfred Vargas's Facebook) House Bill (HB) No. 10810, filed by Quezon City 5th district Rep. Alfred Vargas, recognizes...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate slammed the oil industry’s continuous price hikes. Rep. Zarate (Photo from congress.gov.ph/ MANILA BULLETIN0 As of Tuesday, Feb. 15, another oil price hike took effect, increasing the price per liter by P1.20 for...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday expressed his opposition to the proposed measure that seeks to declare June 21 of every year as a special non-working holiday in Tagaytay City. Drilon said he strongly opposes the imposition of a special non-working holiday in Tagaytay City as it...
The House Committee on Appropriations approved on Monday, Jan. 24, the budgetary provision of a bill that will further protect children below 18 years old from all forms of sexual abuse or exploitation by prohibting more acts, including "grooming" them as well as making them as objects of sexual...
Voting 23-0, the Senate approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 8930, which seeks the creation of the Metropolitan Davao Development Authority (MDDA). Sen. Francis Tolentino, chair of the Senate Committee on Local Government and sponsor of the measure, said the establishment of the MDDA...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday called on the House of Representatives to pass the proposed bill that seeks to prevent the expiration of franchises with pending renewal applications. De Lima noted that the Senate has already approved its version of the bill that would amend the law...
Legarda seeks ₱30 B in bridge fund, tax, rent relief for the restaurant industry HELPING THE FOOD INSDUSTRY Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Loren Legarda (Philippine News Agency) As parts of the country have been placed under Alert Level 3, where businesses are...
The Senate has approved the bicameral conference committee report on the disagreeing provisions on the measure that seeks to raise the age by which statutory rape is determined by law. The bicameral report on Senate Bill No. 2332 and House Bill No. 7836, which seeks to amend Republic Act No, 7610...
Probinsyano Ako Partylist Rep. Jose “Bonito” Singson on Wednesday, Dec. 1 urged Congress leaders to include in their priority list of legislations the bill proposing to put an end to the exportation of raw black sand and its derivatives. F615A34A-3A3A-4640-B6B4-2FD7B5D43C7A Singson aired the...
Anakalusugan Rep. Michael Defensor has warned of “a creeping surge in bicycle road accidents” including fatal ones due to the lack of safe mobility infrastructure in the country. “In Metro Manila alone, we saw a 48 percent jump in bicycle road crashes in 2020. The rate of increase in...
