The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) has welcomed the House Committee on Ways and Means’ approval of a substitute bill seeking the creation of the Philippine Atomic Regulatory Commission (PARC). (Photo from DOST-PNRI) The DOST-PNRI thanked the...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States -- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Thursday said his climate fund would pour $1.5 billion into projects with the United States if the government enacts a program to cut carbon emissions currently working its way through Congress. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates...
The Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Ban Bill that was recently passed on third and final reading by the House of Representatives favors plastic producers more than anything else. Greenpeace Philippines campaigner Marian Ledesma (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) Thus, said Greenpeace Philippines campaigner...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has welcomed the House Committee on Appropriations’ passage of a substitute bill seeking to address the disparity in research and development (R&D) funding in the country’s regions and the lack of R&D in the private sector. (MANILA...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has lauded the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for arresting one of the suspects who hacked and used his credit card to purchase P1.1-million worth of liquor items through an online delivery platform early this year. Gatchalian said he hopes the NBI would follow...
The House of Representatives on Monday, August 2, approved on final reading the bill increasing the social pension of indigent senior citizens. (MARK BALMORES/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Voting 225-0, the Lower House approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 9459, which seeks to expand the...
The bill granting night shift differential pay to government employees, including those working in government owned and controlled corporations or GOCCs, has been approved on third and final reading by the House of Representatives on Monday, August 2. House of Representatives (Alvin Kasiban/MANILA...
After passing two important public health measures, the House oF Representatives has set congressional deliberation on the proposed measure providing for mandatory vaccination against the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for each Filipino. Anti-COVID19 vaccines Authored by Cavite Rep. Elpidio...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) expressed hope Friday, July 30, that the Senate will prioritize the passage of a bill creating the Virology Institute of the Philippines (VIP). DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña (PCOO/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary...
The legislative proposal providing for open access approach in the data transmission industry took a step forward towards enactment following its approval on third and final reading in the House of Representatives. All House members present during regular session on Wednesday, July 28 voted to pass...
The anti-endo bill remains one of the administration-backed proposed legislations even after President Duterte excluded it from the list of priority bills endorsed in his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA). President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his sixth and final State of the Nation Address...
The House Committee on Labor has taken a two-pronged approach in pursuing the enactment of measures that would put an end to the much-criticized “endo” or “end of contract” practice of employers. Labor endo Covid 19 Probinsyano Ako Partylist Rep. Jose “Bonito” C. Singson Jr. lauded the...
