Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo has welcomed the Commission on Human Rights' (CHR) expression of support to his pet measure that seeks to increase government’s monetary compensation for victims of violent crimes and unjust imprisonment. Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo As...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Ten members of a group affiliated with the Communists Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army and a Communist Terrorist Group member voluntarily withdrew their support to the rebel movement on Wednesday, Feb. 8, the Police Regional Office Reg. 3 reported on...
Local farmers and livestock workers will soon benefit from the sustainable corn development program to be launched by the Department of Agriculture (DA) as part of the government's food security commitment. Corn (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) In a bid to ensure sufficient food grains, the agriculture...
“Harsh provisions”, like imprisonment, await non-custodial parents who refuse and neglect to pay child support if the proposed measure by Northern Samar 1st District Rep. Paul Ruiz Daza becomes law. (Ye Jinghan/ Unsplash) Daza’s House Bill (HB) No. 44, entitled “An Act Ensuring Child...
Barangay Health Workers (BHW) Party-list Rep. Angelica Natasha Co, chair of the House Committee on Welfare of Children, urged her colleagues to work together in support of proposed measures that aim to strengthen the laws surrounding child support by making refusal and negligence to pay child...
A total of 72 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were released from the Zamboanga City Jail Reformatory Center in January through intensified paralegal support service, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) jail warden Supt. Xavier Solda said on Thursday, Feb. 2. “We are hoping that more...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, called on Congress to support the government’s housing initiatives, as well as for housing interest support, by including them in the national budget in the coming years. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (center), joined by (from...
CEBU CITY – Get into sports, not into drugs. COL. Antonietto Cañete (seated, second from right), chief of the Community Affairs and Development Division of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, welcomes the football team of Benthel Asia School of Technology in his office where the team...
Medicines (File Photo) Public hospitals with cancer specialty services and some health experts have expressed their support to Department of Health (DOH) officials who are facing complaints for alleged mismanagement of funds for cancer patients. In a statement, 20 public hospitals said that funds...
Red onions (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) Caritas Philippines urged the government to provide additional support to farmers amid the high prices of onions in the market. The humanitarian and advocacy arm of the Catholic Church made the statement as prices of local red onions now ranged between P500 to...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte says that the "broad popular support" for the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) should convince its critics to give the controversial measure a chance. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) “With one in every two...
The headline above is not complete as any effort to “cleanse” the police membership of scalawags must be supported by all Filipinos, as there is no place at any time or in any administration for rogue cops. Any personnel in uniform must not, in any way or form, be involved in the illegal drugs...
