ILOILO CITY – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is looking into the controversial claim made in the name of an elected youth official in this city. Kim Cyril Sina-on Siacon, a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) kagawad or youth councilor from Barangay Sooc, Arevalo District, was...
President Marcos urged local government executives to listen to the voice of the youth as they may have inputs that veteran officials might have overlooked, especially regarding technology. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this as he administered the...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (Facebook) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is prodding the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to take a cue from basic education and revert to the old academic calendar for higher education institutions (HEIs)....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has slammed as "severe disregard for human rights" a barangay (village) ordinance in Bangued, Abra that proposed "execution or death penalty" for the third offense of illegal garbage dumping. In a statement, the CHR said the ordinance and the subsequent posting...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has deactivated more than 4.2 million voters from its records, the poll body's top official said. In a message to reporters, Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said that this number will be deducted from the present number of voters, which is 68 million....
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Members of the House of Representatives have expressed their support for a proposed legislation that aims to defer the next Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) from Dec. 1,...
(PNA) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte wants to move the conduct of the next Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) from Dec. 1, 2025 to Oct. 26, 2026, and then every three years thereafter. In a statement on Tuesday, May 7,...
A group of human rights activists, and some party-list lawmakers at the House of Representatives have asserted the need for justice and an end to attacks on environmental defenders and activists. They made the call after it was confirmed that environmental rights defenders and church workers...
A progressive youth group on Tuesday, Feb. 20, alleged some legislators were using Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as "shields" to evade demands for wage increases. Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK) Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK), in a statement, condemned...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (left), Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa (Facebook) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel has called out Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa for supposedly using the victim card in connection with the International Criminal...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ruled out the conduct of a plebiscite for the entirety of 2025, and even the final quarter of 2024 for that matter. In a briefing before the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (Facebook) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel would rather see a national government take over of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) than the proposed involvement of the Maharlika Investment Corporation...
