Senatorial candidate Joseph Victor “JV” Estrada said he would push for the revival of the sugar industry once he gets a fresh term in the Senate in the May 2022 elections. Ejercito said he hopes to strengthen the Sugarcane Industry Development Act and the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act, both...
Photo: Alliance of Concerned Teachers To object the P400 tax deduction from the P2,000 travel allowance of teacher-poll workers, members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) conducted a protest action in front of Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros, Manila where the Commission on Elections...
PROMDI Party presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday called on the Senate leadership to pass its version of the proposed amendments to the law granting cash incentive of P1-million to Filipino citizens who reach a 100 years old. Pacquiao, who is also the standard bearer of the...
Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfillo ‘Ping’ M. Lacson believes that public funds should be spent on the domestic development of agricultural products to ensure food security for Filipinos and help Filipino farmers cope with rising oil prices. According to Lacson, the national...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has commended President Duterte for signing Republic Act (RA) 11647 which introduces amendments to the Foreign Investments Act of 1991 that would further encourage and promote foreign direct investments in the Philippine economy. ‘’We thank President Duterte...
Following the “biggest oil price hike” in the country since the implementation of 1998 Oil Deregulation Law, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Tuesday, March 8, reiterated its call for salary increase amid the rising inflation and urged the national government to implement measures...
A House leader couldn't help but notice the Department of Energy's (DOE) "new stance" on the 1998 Oil Deregulation Act, which it called the "root" of the problem of soaring fuel prices during the Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee meeting Monday, March 7. (Screenshot from Zoom meeting) According to PBA...
Should she win as president in May 2022, Vice President Leni Robredo has an ambitious plan to build cargo vessels “that can sail around the world carrying the Philippine flag." Vice President Leni Robredo speaks in a virtual forum about the maritime industry organized by the Filipino Shipowners...
President Duterte has signed into law a measure raising the minimum age of sexual consent from 12 to 16 years old. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang File Photo) Malacañang on Monday, March 7, released the signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11648 or an "Act Providing for Stronger Protection...
What was supposed to be a meeting with top-level officials of the Social Security System for the presentation of the zero backlog program became something more when the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) witnessed violations of the Ease Of Doing Business (EODB) Act in the SSS Diliman, Quezon City...
Senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Friday expressed belief that a reliable and faster internet connection in the country is possible especially if Filipino and foreign investors would merge resources to service communities who are out of reach of the top three telecommunication...
A group of education workers urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to further discuss the compensation of teachers who will serve in the upcoming May 2022 elections. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a statement issued Friday,...
