The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday, Jan. 3, welcomed the Supreme Court’s (SC) issuance of the Rules on the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 and related terrorism laws. In a statement, DOJ Assistant Secretary Jose Dominic F. Clavano IV said that the rules "provide the mechanism to...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda expressed confidence that the Supreme Court (SC) would decide in Congress' favor in the event that the 2024 national budget's validity gets challenged. This, after...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go is pushing anew for the modernization of the Bureau of Immigration (BI), citing the need to adjust the compensation of its workers to curb the challenges of corruption in the bureaucracy. "Importante po ito, karagdagang personnel at ngayon po ay dapat ma-modernize...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Facebook) Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman says that the recently enacted P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 is constitutionally infirm and therefore must be...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Monday, January 1 said he is confident that Republic Act No. 11965, or the Caregivers’ Welfare Act will help fight and end all forms of abuses against caregivers. The law, which signed into law on Nov. 23, 2023, puts in place policies that are...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), Vice President SaraDuterte (PPAB, Facebook) Constructing 2,201 new classrooms in 2023 is nothing to brag about if the actual classroom shortage in the country is nearly 75 times the figure. ...
Amid a lower-than-expected number of registrants this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has vowed to spare no effort in ensuring the inclusion of Filipinos who have yet to register with the national ID system. The PSA reported that the agency has still not achieved the target of 92...
The proposed new procurement bill will provide an online site that will expedite the purchasing of goods and services in the government, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said in a statement that the proposed Government Procurement Reform Act...
CAVITE – Authorities nabbed one of the province’s most wanted drug suspects in Bacoor City on Wednesday, Dec. 27. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspect as alias Maris. After close monitoring and surveillance, the suspect was collared by virtue of an arrest warrant for...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes has proposed that the revenue from additional taxes on junk food and sweetened beverages next year be used to increase the funding for the Universal Health Care (UHC) program. ...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (PPAB) The militant Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives is calling for an investigation on the alleged conflict of interest involving Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian says that with the signing of the 2024 national budget, the free assessment for national certification of Grade 12 learners taking the Technical-Vocational and Livelihood (TVL) track is assured. Under the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA), the final amount of P438.16...
