Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez (PPAB) A veteran lawmaker in the House of Representatives said the national government must respect the rights of anti-vaxxers, or people who refuse to be vaccinated based on their personal...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Facebook) House Committee on Human Rights Chairman Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. has finally agreed to "invite" former president Rodrigo Duterte and former...
(Unsplash) Just how bloody was the war on drugs during the previous Duterte administration? The House Committee on Human Rights learned Wednesday that 20,322 drug suspects were slain between July 1, 2016 and Nov. 27, 2017--roughly the first 17 months...
Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. (Facebook) Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. wants to take to task the Bureau of Immigration (BI) over the reported entry of more than 1,000 Chinese nationals to the...
Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. has asked his fellow politicians to avoid using prayer as a way to attain brownie points in the raging debate on...
(MANILA BULLETIN) With the Philippines estimated to have an aging population by 2030, Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. has stressed the need to establish hospitals especially catered to the elderly. "I have long advocated for the establishment of a...
Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Committee on Human Rights Chairman Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. says it might be time to send Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian home. This,...
Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. has taken offense to being called "kenkoy" in connection with a resolution he filed wherein he sought government support for the International Criminal Court's (ICC) probe on the previous Duterte administration’s bloody war on illegal...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (left), Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. (Facebook) Veteran members of the House of Representatives continue to make the case for letting the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigate the previous...
Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. (Facebook) The move to have the House of Representatives declare its support for the International Criminal Court's (ICC) intention to probe the previous administration's bloody campaign against illegal drugs...
Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. (Contributed photo) The chairman of the House Committee on Human Rights is prodding the government to "cooperate" with The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC). For this purpose, panel chairman...
(Pixabay) House Committee on Human Rights Chairman Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. has called on the government to increase its efforts in discouraging the youth from taking up smoking and vaping. "We have seen how difficult it is for smokers...
