One way to find out whether or not Senate Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri is telling the truth about the supposed lack of support for Charter change (Cha-cha) among senators is to actually tackle it in the 24-member upper chamber. Thus, said Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, one of the...
Allocate the equivalent of at least 6 percent of the Philippines' gross domestic product (GDP) to education. This, according to House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro, will help the Marcos administration address the severe classroom backlog and learning crisis...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo recently visited a country in the Middle East that apparently did not have a single distressed overseas Filipino worker (OFW) needing shelter at the Philippine government-run Bahay Kalinga there. That country is the Kingdom of Bahrain. “We are satisfied that in our...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is prodding the House of Representatives to approve one of his pet measures amid the continued intrusion of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Filed way back in July 2022 or at the start of the 19th Congress, House Bill ((HB) No.1095 or...
The proposed Magna Carta for Filipino seafarers under House Bill (HB) No. 7325 has been approved on the third and final reading at the House of Representatives, which also granted the escrow deposit provision that would protect seafarers from so-called ambulance chasers or lawyers who file claims...
A group of congressmen have filed a measure that, if enacted, would provide free legal education to aspiring lawyers in state universities and colleges (SUCs) in exchange for working in the government for two years after they pass the bar exams. Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte, Benguet...
Militant solons from the Makabayan bloc want full face-to-face plenary sessions to come back in the House of Representatives. For this purpose, the Makabayan led by House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro filed House Resolution (HR) No. 859. "It is unfortunate and...
Over 11,000 marginalized workers have benefited from the cash payout program of Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte's office and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). A statement released by Duterte's office Tuesday morning, March 14, bared that 11,019 beneficiaries have received...
The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 13, formed a technical working group (TWG) to consolidate House Bills (HBs) 346, 549, and 6940, which would provide protection for teachers from wrongful allegations of child abuse. The three bills—Institutionalizing support...
Budget issues on the salary grades of new teaching positions to be created under a proposed measure stopped the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 13, from approving the unnumbered substitute bill that would ensure public school teachers are well-compensated and can...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo is seen here enjoying a Pakistani breakfast. But he's not in Pakistan. And he's not in the Philippines, either. Salo found this Pakistani restaurant in Deira, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The veteran lawmaker is currently on an 11-day trip to the Middle...
Parañaque City 1st District Representative Edwin Olivarez will launch the “Kumusta na ang Puso mo Parañaqueño” project on Thursday, Feb. 23. Olivarez said the project will be held in coordination with the office of his brother, Mayor Eric Olivarez, and his son, Councilor Pablo “Paolo”...
