The Sandiganbayan Third Division has denied the urgent motion of former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. for a temporary furlough to attend the wake of his late brother, ruling that there was no sufficient legal basis to grant his temporary release from detention. In a resolution dated June...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta will be committed to the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas, where former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and Senator Jinggoy Estrada are currently detained, after the Sandiganbayan Third Division ordered his arrest over a plunder case lodged against him. According to...
Cavite 1st district Rep. Jolo Revilla is prodding regional wage boards to announce their own wage hikes, following the Department of Labor and Employment 's (DOLE) announcement of a P85 increase for minimum wage earners in Metro Manila. In a statement Wednesday, July 1, Revilla reckoned that...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan may take the witness stand as a state witness in the P92.8-million flood-control malversation case against former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., prosecutors told the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Tuesday, June...
The Sandiganbayan Fourth Division on Monday, June 29, questioned a Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) witness on who should be held accountable for the release of a ₱92.8-million payment for a flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan despite deficiencies in the supporting documents....
mWell, the Metro Pacific Group’s fully integrated digital healthcare platform, has expanded its services to include mind health through a partnership with global mental health and well-being organization MindNation. "Mind health is just as important as physical health, and yet for so many...
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...
A measure seeking to compel companies, government agencies, and other host institutions to provide a mandatory allowance to college students undergoing work-related internships have been filed in the House of Representatives. Pursuing this proposed law was Cavite 2nd district Rep. Lani...
A Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineer testified before the Sandiganbayan on Tuesday, June 2 that he collected alleged commitment fees from contractors, saying he was merely following the instructions of his superior. During proceedings before the Sandiganbayan Third Division,...
Senator Jose “Jinggoy” P. Ejercito Estrada will be committed to the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas, where former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. is currently detained, after the Sandiganbayan ordered his arrest in connection with a plunder case, the anti-graft court’s Fifth Division...
The House Committee on Labor and Employment chairman is fully backing the newly-installed Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Francis "Tol" Tolentino 's vision of having more labor inspectors for the agency. Specifically, Cavite 1st district Rep. Jolo Revilla is backing...
Former senator Francis "Tol" Tolentino’s appointment as the new Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) secretary drew both praise and relief from House of Representatives members. The praise part came from Cavite 1st district Rep. Jolo Revilla, chairman of the House Committee on Labor and...
