Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. (Contributed photo) Anti-divorce crusader Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. refuses to wave the white flag. Abante, a pastor preacher, vowed to question the recent third...
Senators are divided on the issue of whether there is a necessity to pass the divorce bill, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said. Estrada, in an interview on Tuesday, May 28 said he commissioned a survey and asked fellow senators on their stand on the issue. ...
Benchmark interest rates increased across the board at Monday's auction amid recent cautious signals from the US Federal Reserve, reducing the odds of a rate cut. The Bureau of the Treasury accepted the programmed P15 billion worth of bids. Investors were willing to buy more, as tenders reached...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook) Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has described as "sore losers" the individuals who continue to question the passage on third and final reading of House Bill (HB) No.9349 or the Absolute Divorce...
Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez What's the real reason for changing the number of "yes" votes for House Bill (HB) No. 9349, or the proposed absolute divorce bill, from 126 to 131? Assistant Majority Leader...
A Catholic bishop voiced his disappointment over the House of Representatives' approval of the Absolute Divorce Bill that seeks to legalize divorce in the country. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/5/22/house-approves-pro-divorce-bill-anew-in-close-vote (Photo from Unsplash) “We are deeply saddened by...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The anti-divorce members of the House of Representatives were outraged and disappointed with the passage of the controversial measure during plenary session Wednesday, May 22. House Bill...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) batted for the swift passage of House Bill No. 10159, the proposed Magna Carta of Children bill, as it pointed out that strengthening the monitoring mechanisms for the protection of children will translate to the effective enforcement of the United Nations...
(Unsplash) Even after the recent passage of the absolute divorce bill on second reading, members of the House of Representatives are still passionately arguing both for and against the historic measure. On Wednesday night, May 15, the lower chamber approved...
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) issued a warning regarding the popular trend known as the "bill reveal challenge" circulating on social media. In a statement, Meralco emphasized the potential risks associated with sharing electric bills on social media platforms, as it could expose the personal...
Benchmark interest rates returned their slide after the recent downward correction in US Treasury yields. At Monday's auction, May 6, the 91-day Treasury bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, went down to 5.780 percent from 5.869 percent in the last auction. Likewise, the yield for the...
Consumers will still feel the deepest financial pain triggered by surging electricity rates due to simultaneous plant outages in the past two weeks, but the Department of Energy (DOE) is urging the distribution utilities (DUs) to tap palliative interest-bearing loan from the Land Bank of the...
