PHILRECA Party-list Rep. Presley de Jesus has placed the onus on the Department of Energy (DOE) to end its habit of allowing generation companies to build power plants wherever they choose. This, as De Jesus cited in a recent House Committee on Energy hearing that strategic siting near existing...
Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno has resparked efforts in the House of Representatives to institutionalize an artificial intelligence (AI) governance framework by filing a related bill to start the second regular session. Diokno introduced House Bill (HB) No. 10362 or the proposed AI Governance...
APEC Party-list Rep. Sergio Dagooc has blasted the Department of Energy (DOE) as well as the power generation sector over the "insulting" misnomer that is "line rental". In a hearing of the House Committee on Energy on Wednesday, Aug. 5, Dagooc called out DOE officials and told them to revisit its...
Moved by the bullying endured by a special needs student, Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal is pushing for the institutionalization of stronger, responsive and more pro-active mechanisms to combat bullying in educational institutions. Nazal, an assistant minority leader in the...
Senate President Pro Tempore Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Tuesday voiced constitutional concerns over the proposed Party-List Reform Act, cautioning that several provisions of the measure could undermine the original objective of the party-list system—to ensure representation for marginalized and...
Is the Pax Silica project just a "Trojan horse" for something potentially dangerous to Filipinos? ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio made this insinuation amid reports that the Marcos administration was considering the use of small modular reactors (SMR) to meet the staggering five-gigawatt...
House Assistant Minority Leader Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal has filed a measure that would prevent distribution utilities (DU) from passing on system loss charges to its customers. House Bill (HB) No. 10357, was filed by Nazal on July 28, a day after President Marcos...
Akbayan Party-list is leading a call in the House of Representatives to conduct a comprehensive probe into Pax Silica or the United States (US)-led international advanced technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and rare earth minerals supply chain initiative. This, as Akbayan Party-list Rep....
The Sandiganbayan Third Division has ordered the arrest of Uswag Ilonggo Party-list Rep. James “Jojo” Ang Jr. and issued a Hold Departure Order (HDO) after finding probable cause to try him for alleged graft. “After a careful review of the resolution and its supporting documents, as well as...
More about results and less about politics, please. This, in a nutshell, is what Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list wants to hear from President Marcos 's penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27. The party-list 's nominee, Assistant Minority Leader Robert Nazal,...
Kamanggagawa Party-list Rep. Eli San Fernando expressed hope that one act of wrongdoing in Singapore won 't tarnish the good name of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) all over the world. San Fernando was reacting to the case of domestic worker Raguindin Bassig, who, upon deeper reflection, made...
Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list is demanding an immediate House investigation into the methodologies and processes used by the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) in setting electricity rates, including pass-through charges that have burdened consumers. BH Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal said the...
