The Philippines should now start opening the conversation on whether or not runoff elections will work in the country, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said. Vice President Leni Robredo visits the Guagua Municipal Hall in Guagua, Pampanga, where she was given a warm reception by...
In case she is elected president, Vice President Leni Robredo said she will not sign into law the bill creating the Boracay Island Development Authority or BIDA Bill if it comes up for approval during her watch. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Robredo expressed her opposition to the...
Presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA) bill should not be passed into law. Domagoso asserted this at the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) Presidential Forum on Friday, Feb. 4. Screencap taken...
Senator Pia Cayetano has called on lawmakers to support the passage of the measure that seeks the establishment of the Philippines’ own Center for Disease Control. During the Senate’s hybrid plenary session on Wednesday, Cayetano said it is imperative that the country establishes its own agency...
Senator Pia Cayetano has called on lawmakers to expedite the passage of the bill that seeks the establishment of the Philippines’ own Center for Disease Control. During the Senate’s hybrid plenary session on Wednesday, Cayetano said it is imperative that the country establishes its own agency...
Aspirants for national elective posts in the 2022 elections were urged to support the Decriminalization of Abortion Bill after presidential candidates were asked about their stance on abortion. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) "We are glad that decriminalization of abortion is one of the top...
Senatorial aspirant and former Quezon City Mayor Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Monday urged Congress and Malacañang to ensure the passage of the Marawi Compensation Bill into law before President Duterte’s term ends. “I call on our lawmakers and the President to already pass the Marawi...
Opposition Senators Leila de Lima and Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday lauded the Senate for approving on third and final reading the bill that seeks to expedite the proposed compensation law for those whose homes and properties were destroyed during the five-month siege in Marawi City. The Senate...
The Senate, voting 22-0-0 on Monday, January 31 passed on third and final reading a bill that would mandate large companies to adopt and implement policies for the proper management of plastic packaging wastes. Senate Bill (SB) 2425 seeks to institutionalize the Extended Producer Responsibility...
Senate Finance Committee chair Senator Sonny Angara on Tuesday assured that health care workers are now entitled to receive benefits while the state of national emergency due to COVID-19 is in effect. Angara, sponsor and co-author of Senate Bill No. 2421 or the act granting COVID-19 benefits and...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the bill that seeks to increase the protection and the rights and welfare of deserted and abadoned children. Senate Bill No. 2233, or the proposed Foundling Recognition and Protection Act, was approved unanimously by the members of the Upper...
Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans dipped amid expectations of slower inflation rate. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Jan. 31, the bellwether 91-day T-bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, slightly fell to 0.691 percent from 0.693 percent previously. The...
