House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez is seeking passage of a bill that would abolish the Marcos regime-created Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC). The Cagayan de Oro City representative said the PITC, an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is also hounded by...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez has stressed the need to scrap the Procurement Service - Department of Budget and Management (DBM-PS) following the issues and controversies hounding the government procurement agency. In filing House Bill No. 10222, Rodriguez said national government...
A child rights organization warned that millions of Filipino learners with disabilities now at a greater risk of falling behind in education due to the challenges brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo from Save the Children Philippines) Save the Children Philippines said...
The Senate approved on third and final reading Monday, September 13, a bill that proposes to rename Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City after Fernando Poe Jr. Fernando Poe Jr. Voting 22-0-1, senators approved House Bill (HB) No. 7499 which pays tribute to the late Filipino actor, who was hailed as the...
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) noted a decline in its prevalence worldwide — from one in four girls from 10 years ago to about one in five today. With the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts, the UNICEF fears that 10 million more girls worldwide will end up becoming child...
Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday said he is optimistic the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers, which seeks to uphold the rights of Filipino seafarers would soon become a law. Angara noted, the measure, Senate Bill No. 2369, has been languishing in the legislative mill for over a decade now. “We have...
Vice President Leni Robredo has sounded off on several contentious issues that are usually brought up during election season. The 56-year-old official expressed her support for same-sex "unions" and offered precautionary measures and alternatives to abortion and divorce, saying these are more...
Even if almost all efforts are now focused on the opening of a new school year, a child rights organization appealed to the government not to forget the millions of learners with disabilities. A child diagnosed with speech delay participates and draws during the Children’s Multi-Cluster/Sector...
Filipino families seeking to adopt a child may soon find it easier once the bill simplifying the process of adoption in the Philippines is signed into law soon. This, after the Senate’s version of the measure, Senate Bill No. 1933 or the Domestic Administration Adoption Act, was approved on third...
Former Speaker and Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, a fierce advocate of divorce in the country, on Saturday, August 29 confirmed that his petition for annulment of his marriage to his estranged wife has been granted by a Makati City judge. Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez Alvarez posted the news of...
Deputy Speaker and Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza on Wednesday, August 18 bewailed the alleged plans in the House of Representatives to railroad the passage of the highly controversial absolute divorce bill following its committee approval on Tuesday. Divorce 2 Atienza aired the accusation as...
The House Committee on Population and Family Relations' approval of the divorce bill saddened an official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). CBCP/MB Father Jerome Secillano, CBCP Public Affairs executive secretary, said he was saddened that lawmakers prioritized such...
