1-Rider Party-list Rep. Bonifacio Bosita has filed a measure that seeks to compensate with cash motorists who have been wrongfully apprehended by traffic enforcers. 1-Rider Party-list Rep. Bonifacio Bosita (RSAP Facebook) The spirit of the measure, House Bill (HB) No.3366, is consistent with the...
A hospital facility for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and a sovereign fund to help them manage their finances better might be in the works if all goes well in the scheduled meeting between Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo and Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople....
Millions of students trooped to their respective schools on Monday, Aug. 22, as the country reopened schools two years after being locked down in an online learning setup. However, progressive party-list groups and youth-led organizations urged students to document and expose “both examples of...
As the prices of food and other basic commodities continue to soar, the AGRI Party-list has filed a bill that promotes urban agriculture and enlists the youth’s participation in food security. “We need to explore urban agriculture and vertical farming in our efforts to address our country's...
Makabayan bloc solons have pitched different ways for government to generate revenue even as they thumbed down the proposed tax on “ukay-ukay” or second-hand clothes. 'Ukay-ukay' clothes This, after House Ways and Means Chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said that his committee...
Agri Partylist Rep. Wilbert Lee called for stiffer penalties for those behind the illegal importation of white onions, warning them of the day when they will face the wrath of the people. Personnel of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) at the Manila International Container...
Everyone has an opinion on the traffic problem. Most say it’s the lack of enforcement of traffic regulations that is the biggest contributor to the traffic problem in Metro Manila. And so, reckless, and semi-educated drivers follow their own rules in their attempts to just get to their...
The word war between Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte and the Makabayan bloc continued to rage on Thursday, Aug. 11, after one of the militant lawmakers referred to Duterte as the new “red-tagging queen". Vice President Sara Duterte (left) and Kabataan...
Supporting farmers, fishers under Sagip Saka Law Agri Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has filed a measure to provide additional tax incentives on gifts and donations to accredited farmers and fisherfolk enterprises. Lee filed House Bill No. 2418, amending Section 12 of Republic Act No. 11321, or the...
A congresswoman is all for the nationwide imposition of a curfew for minors to prevent lawless elements from using them in committing crimes. (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) In House Bill 1016, or the proposed “National Curfew Act,” Deputy Minority Leader Bernadette Herrera of the Bagong...
As far as Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is concerned, the public support that the movie "Maid in Malacañang" is enjoying is merely "manufactured". Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel The neophyte solon made this claim Thursday morning, Aug. 4, during the weekly press conference of the...
Providing an official residence for vice presidents will save the government rental costs in the long run, Vice President Sara Duterte’s spokesman said on Thursday, Aug. 4. Vice Presidential Spokesman Reynold Munsayac speaks during a press conference in Pasig City on Thursday, August 4, 2022....
