House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives approved on second reading during plenary session late Wednesday afternoon, May 8 the proposed Overseas Electronic Registration and Voting Act, more...
SMNI logo The measure seeking the revocation of controversial television network SMNI breezed through second reading in the House of Representatives on Wednesday night, March 13. In just roughly five minutes, House Bill (HB) No. 9710 was taken...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives passed on second reading on Wednesday night, March 13 Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.7, exactly a week after the pro-Charter change (Cha-cha) hurdled the Committee...
The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on second reading during a marathon plenary session the measure seeking to amend--and give more teeth to--the existing Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act, or...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna- Pangan urged the public to get the second Covid-19  booster shot ahead of the rollout of bivalent vaccines for the general public. In her social media address, The Capital Report, on Thursday, June 29, the  mayor lamented the low turnout in booster...
An Waray party-list has filed a Motion for Reconsideration (MR) before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in relation to the decision of the Second Division to cancel the party's registration. In its 35-page MR submitted on June 5, An Waray said that the Comelec's decision should be reversed and...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on second reading the bill seeking to rationalize the disability pension of veterans who suffered disabilities while they were still in active service. Passed via simple voice vote (ayes vs. nayes) during plenary session Tuesday, May 16...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House bill (HB) seeking to grant poor job applicants a 20 percent discount when paying fees and charges for certain government certificates and clearances has been approved on second reading. Approved via simple voice vote (ayes vs....
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on second reading the measure seeking to redefine the crime of illegal recruitment by a syndicate, particularly when committed by non-licensees or non-holders of authority. House Bill (HB) No.7718...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The bill seeking to extend by another two years the availment of estate tax amnesty breezed through House plenary Tuesday afternoon, May 8, en route to its second reading passage. Declared approved on second reading was House Bill (HB) No.7909,...
CEBU CITY – At least 30 children in conflict with the law (CICL) escaped from the Operation Second Chance (OSC) in Barangay Kalunasan on Wednesday morning, May 3. THE facade of the Operation Second Chance in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City where at least 30 children in conflict with the law escaped...
Local government units (LGUs) may now start the rollout of the second Covid-19 booster shot for the general population, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 18. The guidelines for the use of a second Covid-19 booster for the general population has already been signed, said DOH...