One notable law signed by President Rodrigo R. Duterte early this month is Republic Act No. 11765, otherwise known as the Financial Products and Services Consumer Protection Act (FCPA), which gave three financial regulators the power to speed up addressing consumers’ complaints against financial...
Trolls, be warned. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) After the conduct of the May 2022 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, May 30, said it will push for a law against the utilization of social media trolls during the campaign period....
Media practitioners, bank workers, priests, physicians and nurses, among other professions, are now qualified to obtain licenses to carry firearms outside of their residence without having to prove their lives are in imminent danger as President Duterte signed a law easing their application...
President Duterte has signed a law providing honorarium and other benefits, including class exemptions and health insurance, to the members of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). Republic Act (RA) No. 11768 stated that SK members, including the treasurer and the secretary, shall receive a monthly...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) stakeholders expressed their utmost support for the latest developments in the implementation of Republic Act 11223, also known as the Universal Health Care Law (UHC Law). Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) (MANILA BULLETIN)...
President Duterte has signed into law the bill granting government employees a night-shift differential at a rate not exceeding 20 percent of the hourly basic rate of the employee. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11701 on April 13, but the copy was...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has defended the implementation of the rice tariffication law (RTL), which allows unrestricted importation of rice at 35 percent tariff, as presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. is poised to suspend the three-year law enacted by outgoing...
International book author Neil Gaiman also commented on the issue Days after the 2022 election, local publishing company Adarna House puts some of its children's books about Martial Law on sale at a discounted price. Its #NeverAgain bundle includes “Si Jhun Jhun, Noong Bago Ideklara Ang Batas...
As the dust settles after the elections on Monday, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III called on Filipinos to come together, saying a united citizenry can do wonders for the country and bring prosperity for all. MB UPLIFT's awardee for Public Service, Presidential...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar today (May 11) said she is grateful for the appreciation and recognition given to her Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) given by Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlos ‘Sonny’ Dominguez. Dominguez said last month that Villar’s RTL is among the government's...
Cenon Zambrano, a victim of Martial Law in the 1970s, came home to the Philippines from the US to support presidential candidate Leni Robredo. He was in his 30s when he was arrested and tortured by authorities under then President Ferdinand Marcos’ Martial Law in 1973. Martial Law victim Cenon...
State-run National Food Authority (NFA) managed to slash its losses last year following its mandated reforms under the the rice tariffication law (RTL), the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a report to Finance Secretary G. Carlos Dominguez III, the grains agency said that RTL enabled NFA to cut...
