San Jose del Monte City Rep. Florida P. Robes on Wednesday, Sept. 22 filed a bill imposing a 30-day prison term for citizens who refuse to get COVID-19 vaccine despite being eligible for the jab. Rep. Florida Robes, Lone District, San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan Robes, chairperson of the House...
Anticipating rejection by the Commission on Elections of its appeal to extend voters registration, the House of Representatives moved on Wednesday, Sept. 22 to pass a bill making it mandatory for the poll body to abide by its wishes. voting image In House Bill 10261, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco,...
Colombian Elizabeth Eder Zobel de Ayala, wife of Ayala Corp. Chairman and CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, hurdled the first big step in becoming a Filipino citizen with the House of Representatives approving her application on Tuesday, Sept. 21. House of Representatives4 With 167 affirmative and...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, Sept. 21 approved on third and final reading a bill that will impose value added tax on all digital and electronic transactions for goods and services. Netflix logo With 167 affirmative and six negative votes, House Bill 7425 was approved on final reading....
Makabayan congressmen on Tuesday, Sept. 21 said the unabated incidences of human rights violations, many resulting in deaths, under the Duterte administration has given Filipinos instant flashbacks of the years when the country was under martial law. Human rights rally On the 49th commemoration of...
A leader of the opposition Makabayan bloc welcomed on Monday, Sept. 20 the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to allow limited face-to-face classes in 120 schools in the country. STUDENTS Asst. Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro said the welcome development in the...
Reports of the existence of an Online Kopyahan (cheating) Facebook group should be a serious cause for concern of the country’s educators as “it exposes the limits of the current education set-up” in the country. Rep. Fidel Nograles rostrum Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles warned that...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco lauded his colleagues for the third reading approval on Monday, Sept. 20 of House Bill No. 10107 or the proposed Philippine Creative Industries Development Act. Velasco at AIPA Velasco said HB 10107 is “one of the measures we have identified that will help the country...
Controversial former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang on Monday, Sept. 20, claimed that he never financed Pharmally Pharmaceutical’s P8 billion questionable transactions with government but helped it find friends to bankroll the deal. Michael Yang Yang, a Chinese national, denied claims...
Unless Congress gets back the power of the purse, Filipinos may again expect lack of transparency and abbreviated deliberations resulting from the railroaded passage of the national budget. House of Representatives plenary House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate aired...
Magsasaka Partylist Rep. Argel Joseph Cabatbat on Friday, Sept. 17 decried as illegal government’s decision to transfer the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Finance. Sugarcane farmers In a press statement, Cabatbat said various farmers...
Two Makabayan bloc members lauded on Thursday, Sept. 16 the decision of the International Criminal Court to authorize a full investigation into the bloody drug war under administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Gun firing House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate...
