The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said the recently signed Executive Order (EO) No. 59 will modernize and prevent delays in the implementation of the country’s infrastructure flagship projects (IFPs). NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said that the EO would support the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Members of the House of Representatives hailed on Tuesday, May 7 the swift passage at the committee level of a measure that aims to amend the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) for the purpose of...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives took a huge step toward its goal of significantly reducing prices of rice for the sake of poor Filipinos on Tuesday morning, May 7. This, after the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has expressed strong belief that, given the right circumstances, prices of rice could plunge to below P30 per kilo come July. Romualdez made this...
Sen. Cynthia Villar criticized the National Food Authority (NFA), which according to her, has not proven itself in terms of looking after rice farmers and consumers' welfare. Villar made the statement after President Marcos said he would certify as urgent the bill proposing to amend the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has filed criminal and administrative charges against two police master sergeants who were tagged as among those who shot dead a police captain who engaged their relatives in a shootout in Parang, Maguindanao last week. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has hailed President Marcos' decision to certify as urgent the bill amending the Rice Tariffication Law...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Monday, May 6 expressed confidence there is sufficient time to study the proposal seeking a new round of salary increases for government workers. Estrada pointed this out after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reiterated that any...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), committed on Monday, May 6, to further strengthen the legal assistance to all policemen, especially those facing harassment cases in the the performance of their duty. While the PNP has a good pool of lawyers, Marbil...
China is planning to build a structure near the Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea in a desperate bid to reverse the ruling of the United Nations Tribunal which rejected its claim to almost all parts of the South China Sea, the National Security Council (NSC) disclosed on Sunday, May 5. This...
Police Maj. Gen. Edgar Alan Okubo Five senior police officials were given new assignments in the latest reorganization in the Philippine National Police (PNP) that includes positions for its campaign...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee criticized on Sunday, May 5, the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) for their inconsistent...
