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Three committees in the House of Representatives approved on Monday, May 10, a bill seeking to promote Philippine music and develop Filipino musical talents. The annual National Music Competitions for Young Artists. (NAMCYA Foundation, Inc./http://www.namcya.com/about-namcya/) House Bill No. 7817...

The House Committee on Ways and Means approved on Monday, May 10, the grant of hazard pay to members of the government prosecution service even as it rejected a Department of Finance bid to subject the allowance to outright income tax deduction. Instead, the ways and means panel chaired by Albay...

House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday rejected China’s proposition for the Philippines to respect Beijing’s sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea, saying it should pull out all its military and civilian vessels in the area because it is not part of their exclusive economic zone...

House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday described calls to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after its –red-tagging on organizers of communist pantries as a “knee-jerk” reaction. Rodriguez said he favors a proper review on how the...

Another leader of the House of Representatives has joined the calls against the red-tagging and reported profiling of organizers of community pantries. House deputy speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Representative Rufus Rodriguez said Tuesday, April 27, that he filed a resolution asking the...