The government will soon use a green criteria in its procurement process to promote sustainable practices and comply with the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) after the House of Representatives on Monday, Dec. 12, passed on the third and final reading House Bill (HB) No. 6468 or...
The proposed measure which seeks to address the concerns and issues of nurses and the nursing profession is now up for plenary session in the House of Representatives. (Kevin Tristan Espiritu / The Medical City / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) This developed after the House committee on civil...
The House Committee on Welfare of Children on Monday, Dec. 12, began initial deliberations on a bill that would consolidate several proposed measures for the Magna Carta of day care workers, which seeks to improve the working conditions of the workers by increasing their allowances and other...
The House of Representatives has placed itself in a position to approve on third and final reading up to 15 bills that were previously identified as priority measures by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC). The entrance to the House plenary (PPAB) Of this number, 13...
Benguet Lone District Rep. Eric Yap on Sunday, Dec. 11, urged the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to pursue a legal case against so-called agricultural smugglers who illegally import agricultural products into country that directly impacts local farmers. Benguet Rep. Eric Yap (Photo from Rep. Yap via...
Editorial The barangay health workers are a very special group of people in the community. They are vital to the delivery of primary health care to the people in the grassroots level. In the early days of the pandemic, the BHWs were the first responders to the public health problem brought by...
After the House of Representatives passed on second reading the proposed Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers (BHWs), BHW Party-list Rep. Angelica Natasha Co on Saturday, Dec. 10, vowed to lobby to “each and every Senator” the quick passage of the bill. Senate of the Philippines’ plenary...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel on Tuesday, Dec. 6, called on Filipino youth to reject what he called a mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) “in disguise” as a joint committee hearing approved the substitute bill for House Bill (HB) 6486, or the “National Citizens Service...
Nineteen (19) senators have signed the committee report endorsing the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) Equality Bill which mandates the government to address all forms of discrimination and violence on the basis of SOGIESC. “I am ecstatic that...
Shocked and surprised? Not likely. Lawmakers and the chairman of the National Youth Commission (NYC) on Tuesday, Dec. 6, dispelled claims by the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) that they were surprised by the sudden discussions on the mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps...
The House tax panel approved on Monday, Dec. 5, the tax provisions of the proposed House Bill (HB) No. 6398, or the Maharlika Investment Fund Act, which will ensure that tax benefits go to the investment fund rather than line the pockets of executives and other officials. Albay 2nd district Rep....
Recognizing the “heroic role” of barangay health workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, the House Committee on Ways and Means on Monday, Dec. 5, approved the tax provisions of the substitute bill consolidating proposed measures for the magna carta of barangay health workers (BHWs). (Photo from...
