iPeople inc., a joint venture between the Yuchengcos’ House of Investments and the Zobels’ Ayala Corporation, reported a 10 percent growth in enrollment for the school year 2024-2025, resulting in a 54 percent jump in attributable profits in the first nine months of 2024. In a disclosure to the...
PEACE-MAKER As a father who devoted many years in public office, we are proud that our son, Christopher, who is approaching the end of his third and final term as congressman, has led the transformation of the fourth district of Pangasinan as a vibrant center for arts, culture, and...
Vice President Sara Duterte will not be attending the House good government hearing on Nov. 20 because lawmakers didn’t ask her questions the first time she was there. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media during an interview at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A bill that aims to expand the access of marginalized sectors to government services by prohibiting strict dress codes has been filed in the House of Representatives. Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña proposed the measure under...
There is no assurance that Vice President Sara Duterte will attend the Nov. 20 hearing of the House good government committee despite personally receiving an invitation when she went to the House of Representatives. Vice President Sara Duterte (center) receives the invitation from the House...
Vice President Sara Duterte will only face the House quad-committee that’s looking into her father’s bloody war on drugs campaign if she’s in the mood to argue. Vice President Sara Duterte (MB file photo) Speaking to reporters, the official disclosed that she wasn’t invited...
The House plenary (Facebook) The measure seeking to privatize the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, known as Hajj, has been approved on third and final reading by the House of Representatives. House Bill (HB) No.10867, which seeks to...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on second reading two measures that aim to strengthen financial safeguards for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Sponsored by Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre, both House Bill (HB) No....
The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability (PPAB) Four officials of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) were cited for contempt by a House of Representatives panel after they continued to snub the ongoing probe into the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House of Representatives members are urging senators to take a close look at the merits of the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) of the Department of Social Welfare and...
PEACE-MAKER It was in the beautiful city of Sankt Augustin, Germany in 1998 when we addressed a forum organized by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Foundation), which is affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), where we first espoused the idea of an “Asian Dialogue” and which would...
Meralco The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading the bill seeking a new 25-year franchise for the Manila Electric Co.(Meralco), the country's biggest power distributor. The propsosed franchise...
