House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto lll should recommend to Malacañang the conduct of special sessions in Congress to approve bills that would suspend excise taxes on fuel, the prices of which have been skyrocketing as of late. House Speaker Lord Allan...
Sen. Manny Pacquiao, presidential candidate of PROMDI Party and PDP-Laban (Pimentel Wing), is willing to cancel sorties and other campaign operations to join a special session of Congress for the enactment of a bill that would propose the reduction or suspension of excise taxes on fuel. Sen. Manny...
Bayan Muna Party-list has filed on Monday, Feb, 21, House Resolution (HR) 2496 to condemn and to pursue a congressional inquiry on the allegedly unconstitutional arrest and detention of Dr. Maria Natividad Castro by the Philippine National Police (PNP). Dr. Ma. Natividad Marian S. Castro Formally...
Frontliners Ang Bida Party-list nominee Celine Pialago has promised to push for the doubling of frontliners' hazard pay if and when she wins a seat in the House of Representatives in the upcoming May polls. Frontliners Ang Bida Party-list nominee Celine Pialago (Photo from Asec Celine Pialago's...
The House Committees on Ways and Means and Heath has approved the measure which seeks to forbid the use of trans fatty acids in the country's food supply. Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. Luis Raymund "LRay" Villafuerte, Jr., welcomed the House panels' approval of House Bill No. 8093 or the proposed...
Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel praised the ratification of the Judicial Marshal Service, an arm of the judiciary branch aimed at providing armed protection for judges. Rep. Johnny Pimentel (House of Representatives/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Bill (HB) 09086, principally authored by...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has underscored the importance of the legislative measure pushing for the expansion of the Philippine Medical Reserve Corps or MRC. (Martin Sanchez/ Unsplash) "With global health experts confirming that this won't be our last pandemic, we must...
The House of Representatives ratified House Bill (HB) 10689, a bill aimed toward combating "phishing," online fraud, and other forms of cybercrime following the recent spate of alleged phishing and hacking incidents involving Banco De Oro (BDO) and Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) . PIXABAY STOCK...
Aspiring congresswoman Celine Pialago didn't abandon Malasakit Movement Party-list in favor of Frontliners ang BIDA Party-list. (Photo from Asec Celine Pialago's Facebook) The former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson made this clarification Friday morning, Feb. 11 in a...
The House Committee on Ways and Means has green-lit for plenary approval House Bill (HB) 8700, which exempts the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) from the Dividend Law or Republic Act (RA) 7656. Under the Dividend Law, all government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCC),...
Two elections watchdog groups have agreed there is no hacking on the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) website, particularly data for the 2022 polls, but they called on the body to ensure the integrity of its system against any possible breach. The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading on Monday, Jan. 31, various bills that seek to grant telecommunication companies (telcos) and broadcast firms legislative franchises. Sen. Grace Poe, chair of the Senate public services committee, and sponsor of the measures, spearheaded the...
