President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos has tapped Diorella Maria "Lala" Sotto-Antonio, daughter of former Senate president Vicente Sotto III, as the new chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB). Antonio took her oath of office on Thursday, July 7. In a post on...
Experts from the medical and economic sector are proposing to use the "traffic light approach" for alert level systems as among the country's next steps amid the pandemic. A police officer checks the vaccination cards of passengers at a jeepney stop in Divisoria, Manila on Jan. 14, 2022 in line...
Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles has clarified that outgoing Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) chair Liza Diño was replaced by veteran actor Tirso Cruz III not because of the memorandum circular 1 (MC 1) of the Marcos Administration. Communications Secretary Trixie...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis “LRay” Villafuerte has urged the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and 17 other government agencies to establish a package of social protection services for the 15 million solo parents residing in the Philippines. Camarines Sur 2nd district...
4PS Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan has re-filed the bill that seeks to reorganize and modernize the Bureau of Immigration (BI). BI logo As a member of the House of Representatives in the 11th, 12th and 13th Congresses and while as BI commissioner thereafter, he pushed for the passage...
Pangasinan 4th district Rep. Christopher De Venecia has launched the second year of the “Anakbanwa Creative Residency Program” for members of the creative industry. Pangasinan Rep. Christopher De Venecia at the Anakbanwa Creative Residency Program during its first launch last November 2021 (MB...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte says there's much that needs to be done to cure the problems of the country's ailing public transport sector. The MRT-3 (Facebook) In a statement, the second-term congressman reckoned that "long-term solutions" must be implemented to the sector; these...
Despite its seeming unpopularity these days, the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives vowed to criticize the administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Jr. whenever it deems it necessary. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France...
The Supreme Court (SC) showed its "balanced" views and "modesty" when it recognized the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) mandate to determine power rates, a former House of Representatives member said. (Kai Gradert/ Unsplash) “The SC decision balances industry stakeholders’ interests. It...
