The bicameral conference committee has approved the proposal to create the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II), which would pave the way for another set of reforms that will address the crisis hounding the country’s education sector. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the...
In the spirit of fairness on the case of national pole vaulter and Olympian Ernest John “EJ” Obiena, the Senate sports committee will issue a show cause order to Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) board of directors on why they should not be cited for contempt....
EJ Obiena The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board suspended the national sports associations (NSAs) of athletics and tennis during its special meeting Thursday, March 17. POC President Bambol Tolentino said the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) was...
The Senate Committee on Sports has been asked to cite the board members of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) in contempt for “disobeying” the Senate Committee on Sport’s order to amicably settle its differences with Philippine Olympian pole vaulter Ernest John...
The government should start promoting the use of electric vehicles (e-vehicles) as a way to counter the effects of any abrupt disturbance on oil importation especially in the world market, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, said that while it may...
The Senate Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday, March 15 formed a technical working group (TWG) to iron-out various concepts and proposals on how to develop the energy rich 24-million hectare undersea Philippine Rise (Benham Rise) off eastern Luzon. This came after Senator Imee Marcos,...
The House Committee on Energy approved a substitute bill “subject to form and style” to amend the 1998 Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act or the Oil Deregulation Law. 71888 House Bill (HB) 10505, authored by Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Juan Miguel ”Mikey” Arroyo to amend the Oil...
A dismayed Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday told the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to step in the conflict between the national pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) in order to save the Philippines’ standing in...
The Senate Committee on Labor and Employment on Thursday, March 10 advised the government to temporarily withdraw its ultimatum for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies to end work from home (WFH) arrangements of their employees or lose tax incentives. Villanueva, committee chairman, said...
AAMBIS-OWA Party-list Rep. Sharon Garin says that there is an urgent need for a special session in Congress to address the local fuel situation, reiterating the call made by her numerous House of Representatives colleagues. House Committee on Economic Affairs chair and AAMBIS-OWA Party-list Rep....
House Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee co-chairperson Joey Salceda said that the "worst is yet to come" in terms of to the fuel situation even as he projected double-digit or near double-digit increases on pump prices next week. "Current crude prices is at USD 127 . At the pump, this may translate to...
The government’s fuel subsidy program is the best solution to the problem caused by successive fuel price hikes. House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco had this to say Monday, March 7, the same day that the chamber's Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee convened for the first time in order to discuss relief...
