House Deputy Speaker and 1SAGIP Partylist Rep. Rodante Marcoleta defended on Saturday, Nov. 27 the placement of his political advertisement at ABS-CBN, erstwhile broadcast network giant which he helped close down through the rejection of its legislative franchise application. Rep. Rodante...
President Duterte raises hands of certain candidates for the May 2022 elections (Comelec live stream) Senatorial aspirants close to the Duterte administration have formalized their bid for senator in the May 2022 elections. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary...
Former Speaker and Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, a fierce advocate of divorce in the country, on Saturday, August 29 confirmed that his petition for annulment of his marriage to his estranged wife has been granted by a Makati City judge. Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez Alvarez posted the news of...
A senior House of Representatives officials sees no chance for the divorce bill to win approval in the House of Representatives even if the process of passage is fasttracked by the chamber. Divorce wedding “I don’t think the bill will pass - it is in direct contravension of the 1987...
In near tears during a congressional hearing on Tuesday, August 16, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III accused the Commission on Audit of destroying the good image of the Department of Health with the latter’s release of an audit report detailing serious adverse findings in the disbursement by...
Congressmen and health experts moved on Wednesday, July 21 to ask the Supreme Court to step into the Ivermectin controversy as they stressed that the medicine could help address the grave threat brought by the Delta variant to public health. Ivermectin2 However, bad weather prevented the...
The House Committee on Public Accounts is convinced that ‘nil to zero’ error in textbooks and learning materials given to students can be achieved by putting in place more stringent measures for publication standards, aside from imposing penalties against those who committed mistakes, whether...
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill requiring environmental insurance coverage for environmentally-critical projects (ECP) in order to protect the country’s ecology and natural resources. With 247 voting in the affirmative and zero in the negative, the...
The Department of Health (DOH) is encouraging those individuals who received the Ivermectin capsules during a distribution event in Quezon City last Thursday to report any adverse effects that they may experience after taking the anti-parasitic drug. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) DOH Undersecretary...
Despite cautions from government agencies and health experts on its use for COVID-19, two congressmen said Tuesday, April 27, that they will set up an "Ivermectin Pan-three" to distribute the anti-parasitic drug to "those who are in dire need". (Sharon McCutcheon/UNSPLASH) SAGIP Party-list...
