House Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar has highlighted the recent committee-level passage of her bill, which sought to provide a P5,000 "ayuda" or subsidy to fresh graduates. (Unsplash) Villar earlier authored House Bill (HB) no.6542, or the proposed Act...
Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) chairperson Lala Sotto-Antonio on Thursday, February 23, expressed her gratitude to Senators Francis “Tol” Tolentino, Grace Poe and Sherwin Gatchalian for filing separate bills that would amend and expand the mandate of the Board....
The powerful House Committee on Appropriations has approved, subject to amendments and style, the unnumbered substitute bill that would digitalize the delivery of government services. (Glenn Carstens Peters/ Unsplash) Chaired by Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co, the House panel okayed...
The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs is now pressuring law enforcement agencies to show proof of their custody of illegal drugs confiscated during anti-narocotics operations. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, after the panel chaired...
Senators on Tuesday, February 21 scored officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), Philippine National Police Aviation Security (PNP-AVSEC) Group National Capital Region Aviation Security, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) for finger-pointing when they were...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, February 21 questioned the entry of 260 20-foot containers containing sugar shipment at the port of Batangas ahead of the official release of Sugar Order No. 6 by the Sugar Regulatory Administration last February 15, calling it “bewildering and highly...
The Department of Health (DOH) was asked to find a way on how to properly dispose the reported millions of expired doses of procured and donated Covid-19 vaccines in the country because of its potential risk to public health and safety. “Any discussions on this? What do we do with these? What do...
There were no strings attached to the donation of Covid-19 vaccines by different countries to the Philippines. Former Secretary Vince Dizon, former deputy chief implementer of the National Task Force against Covid-19, stressed this when he appeared before a public hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will start its investigation into the alleged human trafficking incident that occurred at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last week on Tuesday, February 21. The office of Sen. Francis Tolentino, chairman of the blue ribbon panel, released the...
Senator Grace Poe on Monday, February 20 said the Senate Committee on Public Services' report on the New Year's Day air traffic fiasco would be ready for plenary discussions next week. According to Poe, the past management of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and some...
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, February 19 said the contract between the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) should immediately be canceled following the denial of New York-based Soleil Chartered Bank's (SCB) that it issued a bank certificate for the third party auditor...
The Philippines’ tourism industry will experience a boost once the proposed implementation of the value-added tax (VAT) refund program for foreign tourists is implemented, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said on Friday, February 17. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, said he...
