The promotion of indigenous games in the country through regular competitions and the strengthening of local sports programs through institutionalized funding for young athletes were at the forefront of a House panel’s meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 8, as the committee approved three bills for these...
• A boy named Stingy Jack is the reason for Jack-o’lanterns, an Irish myth says. • Halloween is based on a Celtic festival to mark the end of summer and the beginning of the new year on Nov. 1. • Wearing costumes was done to disguise oneself from the spirits...
Announced today via their YouTube channel "What's your guess?" Jessy Mendiola posted on her Instagram account earlier today. And an hour earlier, she posted again, "We're all very excited to welcome baby peanut into this world. But the big question is, is our baby a girl or a boy?" Photos by Cocoon...
1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero has filed a bill that would set aside modernization funds worth P3 billion for the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs logo Romero authored and filed House Bill (HB) No. 3587 in order to make Phivolcs at par with the best...
All is well now between Donnalyn Bartolome and Marvic Leonen. Apparently, the vlogger has been appeased with the Supreme Court Justice deleting his tweet about kanto-themed parties. She then asked netizens to stop spreading hate against Marvic. "It takes a big, kind-hearted person especially in his...
1-Rider Party-list Rep. Bonifacio Bosita has filed a measure that seeks to compensate with cash motorists who have been wrongfully apprehended by traffic enforcers. 1-Rider Party-list Rep. Bonifacio Bosita (RSAP Facebook) The spirit of the measure, House Bill (HB) No.3366, is consistent with the...
A hospital facility for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and a sovereign fund to help them manage their finances better might be in the works if all goes well in the scheduled meeting between Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo and Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople....
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (LAM) got probably one of the biggest surprises of her life after her husband and sons, along with their family and friends, threw her a surprise birthday party as she turned 63 on August 21, Sunday. The First Family throws a surprise party for the 63rd birthday of...
Millions of students trooped to their respective schools on Monday, Aug. 22, as the country reopened schools two years after being locked down in an online learning setup. However, progressive party-list groups and youth-led organizations urged students to document and expose “both examples of...
As the prices of food and other basic commodities continue to soar, the AGRI Party-list has filed a bill that promotes urban agriculture and enlists the youth’s participation in food security. “We need to explore urban agriculture and vertical farming in our efforts to address our country's...
Makabayan bloc solons have pitched different ways for government to generate revenue even as they thumbed down the proposed tax on “ukay-ukay” or second-hand clothes. 'Ukay-ukay' clothes This, after House Ways and Means Chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said that his committee...
Two more lawmakers from Eastern Samar and Calamba City have officially joined the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) headed by House Speaker Martin Romualdez, the party announced on Monday, Aug. 15. (Photo from House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s office) Romualdez, president of Lakas-CMD,...
