(MANILA BULLETIN) A pro-health congressman believes that a lot can still be done to improve Republic Act (RA) No.11223 or the celebrated Universal Health Care Act (UHC). This, as Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes lamented the results of a recent study by the Philippine Institute for...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Some P33 million worth of assistance--in cash and in kind--is on its way to the families affected by what is seen as the imminent eruption of Mayon Volcano in Albay. This, after the office of Speaker Martin Romualdez and Tingog Party-list...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee is eyeing a "Shark Tank"-style initiative to help budding Filipino entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground. Shark Tank is a popular program in the United States (US) that features business magnates and...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan is prodding the Senate to hasten the approval of its counterpart measure to the proposed Philippine Salt Industry Development Act, which is expected to create 100,000 jobs for Filipinos....
Former senator Leila de Lima (Senate PRIB) Makabayan solons Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro have expressed disappointment over a Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court's (RTC) junking of former senator Leila de Lima's petition for bail. "We, in...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Labor migration should be a free choice among Filipinos and not a necessity. Thus, said OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa “Del Mar” Magsino Wednesday, June 7, on the occasion of Migrant Workers’ Day. In a statement, Magsino said labor migration should be a free choice, not one...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas The additional P9-million fine that was recently imposed by the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) against Grab Philippines shouldn't come as a surprise to the company "given its history of non-compliance". Thus, said House Assistant Minority Leader...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Rep. Co's office) This early, Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co said that he would make available in his capacity as House Committee on Appropriations chairman the resources needed by newly-appointed Cabinet officials Gibo Teodoro and Dr. Ted Herbosa. "On their...
Juan Flavier (Senate website) BHW Party-list Rep. Angelica Natasha Co has hailed the appointment of Dr. Ted Herbosa as the new full-time secretary of the Department of Health (DOH). At the same time, Co bared her wish for Herbosa to emulate one of the most beloved and respected health secretaries...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) House Committee on Appropriations Chairman and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co is asking Bicolanos to cooperate and heed the government's instructions after authorities raised the alert level for Mayon Volcano from Alert Level 1 to Alert Level 2. "We...
AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes (Facebook) Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) ought to be equipped with mental health training, AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes said in a statement Sunday, June 4. According to Reyes, this would ensure that the cops have the skills and...
(Tingog Party-list) More Alagang Tingog Centers (ATC) continue to spring up in different parts of the country thanks to the collaborative efforts of House Speaker Martin Romualdez, and Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre. Late last month, ATCs were inaugurated in Candelaria...
