A zero interest rate on salary loans for government employees makes sense for Misamis Occidental 2nd district Rep. Ando Oaminal. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) For this purpose, the Mindanao lawmaker filed House Bill (HB) 2199, which, if enacted, would institutionalize such provision for workers of the...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos is raring to officially start his work as a member of the House of Representatives in the 19th Congress. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (second from right) (Facebook) This can be gleaned from his recent Facebook post marking his...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda on Thursday, July 21, expressed support for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s call against agricultural smuggling, as he emphasized the need for Congress to use its legislative powers to fix the “systems, processes, and policies” that will help in the...
Media practitioners deserve security of tenure, hazard and overtime pay, mandatory additional insurance coverage, plus other job-related benefits as far as Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte and three fellow solons from the province are concerned. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay...
Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera has five specific things that she wants to hear from President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera The first, according to Herrera, is what economic...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas led fellow members of the Makabayan bloc in filing a House bill (HB) with the goal of ending the contractualization or “endo” (end of contract) workers. (Photo from Gabriela Women's Party-list Facebook) Brosas, alongside ACT Teachers Party-list...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday said he is optimistic that the bill mandating all government officials and employees to waive their rights under the Bank Secrecy Law or Republic Act 1405, and the Foreign Currency Deposit Act (RA 6426) will finally see the light under the 19th...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives is sporting a new look in time for President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 25. House Secretary General Mark Llandro Mendoza led on Wednesday, July 20, the unveiling of the newly-renovated plenary...
Over P100 million in taxpayer's money. The newly-renovated House plenary hall (Facebook) That's roughly how much the House of Representatives has spent in renovating Batasang Pambansa Complex ahead of the 19th Congress, which will begin in earnest on Monday, July 25. That day, on that venue,...
A "no fly zone" will be implemented over Batasang Pambansa Complex come Monday, July 25, the day of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s first State of the Nation Address (SONA). The main building of the Batasang Pambansa Complex (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was confirmed in a...
When it comes to Philippine politics, readers of the Manila Bulletin are quite savvy--but always in a hurry. So much in a hurry that most of them may not have realized that some 150 or nearly half of the House of Representatives members in the 19th Congress are either complete neophytes or...
Teachers and education workers held a protest of action in front of the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Monday, July 18, urging Congress to “prioritize” the legislation of House Bill 203 and House Bill 1783 to increase teachers’ salaries as well as the national budget for...
