President Marcos will certify as urgent a proposal that seeks to grant him authority to reduce the excise tax on petroleum products should prices exceed $80 per barrel, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said that since the President was the one...
President Marcos has expressed readiness to certify as urgent the proposed Agriculture Cooperatives Act of 2025, as part of efforts to strengthen support for Filipino farmers and fisherfolk. In a post on Facebook on Wednesday, March 4, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said the measure...
A child protection organization has called for urgent, collective action as family-based Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) continues to rise in the Philippines, following the release of a new study highlighting the growing involvement of parents and close relatives in the...
Pulse Asia’s June 2025 survey revealed that inflation remains the most urgent national concern for Filipinos, while more respondents now cite the need to increase workers’ pay compared to the previous quarter. The survey results released on Thursday, July 17, showed that 62 percent of Filipino...
President Marcos has certified the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) as an urgent measure, allowing lawmakers to expedite the passage of the P6.352-trillion national budget on the second and third reading on the same day. File photos Acting Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez confirmed that...
President Marcos on Tuesday, Sept. 26, certified the proposed Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers as urgent, effectively asking the Senate, where the bill is currently pending, for its immediate passage. Filipino seafarers (Photos from the Maritime Industry Authority) A statement from the...
President Marcos on Wednesday, Sept. 20, certified the “necessity of the immediate enactment” of House Bill (HB) No. 8980, which is the 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or the P5.768-trillion proposed national budget for 2024. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential...
President Marcos has certified as urgent the bill that would protect farmers and fisherfolk from unscrupulous traders and importers amid rising prices and shortages of agricultural products due to what he called "nefarious acts." File photos/Malacañang Marcos signed the letter to Senate...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is aggressively pushing for the conduct of a nationwide information, education and communication (IEC) campaign on the new Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Law, calling it an "urgent" matter. “Now that our first-ever sovereign...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (Facebook) Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto is asking President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to certify as urgent the House measure extending the deadline of the estate tax amnesty for another two years. Recto, a deputy...
As the country pushes its agenda of digital transformation to better serve Filipinos, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. has committed to certifying the proposed E-Governance Act of 2022 as urgent, the Private Sector Advisory Commission (PSAC) said. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez is leaving it up to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on whether or not the latter will certify the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) as an urgent piece of legislation. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr....
