(MANILA BULLETIN) The Manila Electric Company (Meralco), which distributes power to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), ought to exercise “extraordinary diligence” in rendering its services to the country's main gateway. Thus, said Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (left) and the late former senator Rodolfo Biazon (Rep. Libanan's office) House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan (2nd from right), with former senator Rodolfo “Pong” Biazon (2nd from left), at...
(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 senators Juan Ponce Enrile (left) and Leila de Lima (Facebook) If former senator Juan Ponce Enrile was able to get bail in the past, then why not former senator Leila de Lima? Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman left this question in the minds of Filipinos Thursday, June 8 as he dissected...
Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (left) and Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Facebook, Speaker's office) A veteran congressman from the Rodrigo Duterte-led Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) has claimed that the...
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...
