President Duterte has certified as urgent the Senate Bill creating the Department of Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos (DMWOF) that aims to oversee all policies protecting the welfare of Filipinos abroad. Some of the stranded OFWs at NAIA on Friday morning, May 28, 2021. (Ariel Fernandez /...
President Duterte has certified as urgent the Senate bill that seeks to allow the government to enforce improved tax collection on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). President Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque confirmed that Duterte...
The country’s largest business groups have called for a review on two provisions – reciprocity clause and investments by foreign- state owned enterprises -- under the proposed Senate Bill 2094, which seeks to open the public services sector of the domestic economy to majority foreign...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III is seeking a P500 increase in the current monthly social pension of indigent senior citizens. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III Sotto on Thursday, May 27, filed Senate Bill No. 2243, to amend the Senior Citizens Act (Republic Act No. 7432) and...
All existing telco laws must be integrated into one to avoid conflicting provisions when legislators pass the Open Access in Data Transmission Bill. “Organizing outdated laws on telecommunications in one comprehensive law will prevent conflicting provisions,” stressed Atty. Ariel Tubayan, Globe...
The House of Representatives approved on second reading Tuesday, May 25, a bill that would require all internet service providers (ISPs) in the Philippines to implement a roll-over scheme for the unused data allocation of its subscribers. (UNSPLASH) House Bill No. 9057, or the proposed "Roll-Over...
Two women's groups are seeking justice for the death of a trans man whose decomposing body was found at a vacant lot in Quezon City. Ebeng Mayor (Photo from Transman Equality and Awareness Movement - Philippines) On May 21, transmasculine Ebeng Mayor was found dead with evidence of mutilation and...
Nine more members of the House of Representatives have filed a bill for the criminalization of red-tagging. House of Representatives plenary 2 The lawmakers -- Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, Quezon City Rep. Jose Christopher Belmonte, La Union Rep. Pablo Ortega as well as Makabayan bloc congressmen Bayan...
Senator Grace Poe is pushing the passage of a bill that would declare a day in the month May as "National Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia and Phobias for Persons of Diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or Expression or Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC)". (PIXABAY) In the Senate...
The Senate approved on third and final reading Monday, May 17, a local bill that would establish a third legislative district in the province of Bataan. The province of Bataan (Google Maps) House Bill No. 8664, contained in Committee Report No. 204, hurdled the Upper Chamber as Congress resumed...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) will launch a probe on the alleged sexual harassment and gender discrimination complaint against the employees and management of Isla Reta Beach Resort in Samal, Davao Del Norte. (Photo from Isla Reta Beach Resort Facebook page) "The DOT is an advocate of gender...
With CREATE, FIST laws The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects the economy to post positive growth in the second quarter due to base effects, but whether or not this will be sustained for the rest of the year will depend on the implementation of recently approved laws, such as the...
