The combined P650-million confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of Education (DepEd)--both under Vice President Sara Duterte--will be among those to be realigned to intelligence and security agencies tasked to address "escalating threats in...
Vice President Sara Duterte (rightmost, bottom row, sitting) listens to Davao de Oro 1st district Rep, Maria Carmen Zamora's (standing) defense of the OVP budget for 2024. (Screenshot from YouTube live) The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will "submit to the...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The plenary debate on the 2024 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) was moved after Vice President Sara Duterte failed to appear at the House of Representatives Tuesday, Sept. 26 due to a "conflict...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook) A Bicol congressman has hailed President Marcos Jr.'s planned issuance of an executive order (EO) that would fast-track the processing of...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from YouTube live) A Makabayan lawmaker has slammed China's recent installation of floating barriers in Scarborough Shoal, which she called "a blatant violation of our country's sovereignty and an infringement...
Balayan face mask donation (Anakalusugan Party-list) As a response to the lingering volcanic smog (vog) from Taal Volcano, Anakalusugan Party-list made rounds in several towns in the province of Batangas over the weekend to donate face masks. Anakalusugan...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A total of 625 residents in Calabanga, a remote town in Camarines Sur, benefited from the Tarabangan Caravan and Dental Mission initiated by Ako Bicol party-list this weekend. At least 35 residents availed of free dental services, 21 for two- dimensional...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta Will SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta give a hard time to Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa during the latter's confirmation hearing? Such is the question on the minds of observers in Congress...
OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino (Facebook) OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino is seeking a budget increase of more than P1 billion for the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in 2024. This, as Magsino noted during the House...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (PPAB, Facebook) Placing a "genuine educator" at the helm of the Department of Education (DepEd) will solve the supposed learning crisis in the country, a teacher-congresswoman...
CHEd Chairman Popoy de Vera (left), Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB) The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd), through its budget sponsor in the House of Representatives, declared that it cannot "dictate" to students the narrative of martial...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Facebook) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee was able to secure a commitment from the Insurance Commission (IC) for the revocation of a circular that would have imposed a whopping 400 percent increase in minimum...
