ILOILO – A teenage boy was killed and a man was injured when they were electrocuted during a foam party in Banate, a coastal town in Iloilo province. The Banate Municipal Police Station identified the fatality as 11-year-old Prince and the injured as 25-year-old Kent. Investigation said the...
Seen as a vital partner measure of the proposed Anti-Political Dynasty Law, a bill seeking to overhaul the electoral party-list system has been filed by House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III. House Bill (HB) No. 9906, or the proposed New Party-List System Act, intends to implement sweeping...
Former House Speaker and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez has moved to render assistance to the families affected by the tragic school shooting in his home city of Tacloban in Leyte province. "I have directed my office to coordinate with local authorities and relevant government agencies to...
A serious El Niño threat needs an innovative response from the government. That 's why House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan is urging local government units (LGUs) and community organizations to tap the P1-billion People’s Survival Fund (PSF). Libanan...
Who says fathers don 't deserve lengthy paid leaves like mothers? Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno takes up the cudgels for dads by filing House Bill (HB) No. 9891, or the aptly named Paternity and Parental Leave Act (PAPA Leave Act). The measure--if and when enacted--expands leave benefits...
Solid North Party-list Rep. Ching Bernos hailed the government’s launch of a scholarship program for aspiring teachers, which she said would help attract the best minds to the teaching profession. The Department of Education (DepEd)-Teacher Education Council and Commission on Higher Education’s...
A ranking congressman is pushing for a House inquiry into the government’s actions against schistosomiasis or “snail fever"--a long-neglected disease that continues to ravage poor farmers, fisherfolk, and their family members in provinces across the Visayas and Mindanao. “Schistosomiasis is...
Beauty queen Celeste Cortesi has finally spoken up amid online rumors questioning her relationship status with businessman Jonathan Sterling. In a rare and direct update shared through her Instagram Story early Saturday, June 13, Celeste set the record straight about their current situation and...
Tingog Party-list Representative Jude Acidre pushed for stronger reintegration laws for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) so that they can come home to the Philippines with real opportunities. Acidre said it is imperative that the govvernment honor OFWs, not only as modern-day heroes, but as...
House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs Chairperson and AGIMAT Party-list Rep. Bryan Revilla couldn 't help but recall on Sunday, June 7 some words of wisdom from his grandfather, the late senator Ramon Revilla Sr. as he addressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Speaking at the opening...
In a digital landscape where user data has become a commodity, Apple 's Safari browser is staking a powerful claim: That speed, efficiency, and genuine privacy protection can coexist, and that your browser shouldn 't be working against you. Safari, the default browser on every iPhone,...
The confluence of negative economic developments that have sticken the Philippines is giving Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal feelings of doom and gloom. As such, Nazal prodded the government to undertake "urgent action", and told it that it "cannot afford to be complacent and...
