(Bloomberg) A neophyte congressman has told the Philippine Center for Post-harvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) that it's a "huge sin" to leave unused the billions worth of money that's intended to capacitate local agriculture workers. This, AGRI...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The offices of Tingog Party-list and House Speaker Martin Romualdez have led the distribution of P5,000 in Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) each to 2,000 beneficiaries from persons with disabilities (PWDs), solo parents, and other...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) A day after admitting that they can't prove Vice President Sara Duterte misused P125 million in confidential funds last year, Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas said Saturday, Sept. 16 that the...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is calling for a review by Congress of all franchises of power companies--including electric cooperatives--in...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Screenshot from Zoom, Facebook) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro says she respects the Office of the Vice President (OVP), but not Vice President Sara Duterte. "Ang...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Facebook) The Kuwaiti court's verdict in the brutal murder of Jullebee Ranara shows that crimes against overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) won't go unpunished. House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs Chairman Kabayan...
Jullebee Ranara’s remains are flown home to the Philippines last January 2023 (MANILA BULLETIN) OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino has hailed the Kuwait juvenile justice court's conviction of the late Jullebee Ranara's killer, but at the same...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) The House Committee on Appropriations is willing to consider the Office of the Ombudsman's suggestion to do away with the publication requirement for Commission on Audit (COA) audit reports. Committee chairman...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo believes that the national identification (ID) card system--once properly implemented--can help stop the falsification of...
Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has told the House Committee on Appropriations that the 2022 release of contingent funds by the Office of the President (OP) to the Office...
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon (X) P3PWD Party-list nominee and proud kakampink Rowena Guanzon says she doesn't have intelligence funds, only sheer intelligence. This was Guanzon's tongue-in-cheek pronouncement in an X post Wednesday, Sept....
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) Why wait on China on the "Bicol Express" project if there's a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) option? Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan is urging the Department of Transportation...
