The government could risk having more deficiencies in critical public infrastructure and services if arbitrary reallocation of funds continue under the General Appropriations Act (GAA) or the annual national budget. Former Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party List Rep. Bernadette Herrera gave this warning...
The proposed National Land Use Act and the amendments to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act are expected to be approved on third and final reading by the House of Representatives this week. This, as the 300-plus strong chamber under House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III convenes for...
House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos is rallying his congressman-colleagues to swiftly pass the proposed Kalinga Act, which is seen to provide relief for poor Filipinos, the middle class, and small business owners amid elevated fuel costs. Marcos made the call ahead of...
Two individuals with previous drug-related cases were arrested in a pre-dawn police buy-bust operation on Tuesday, April 28, in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City, which yielded about P374,000 worth of suspected shabu, following a tip from a concerned citizen. Batasan Police Station (PS 6) officers,...
Police arrested a woman who is facing 20 counts of qualified theft in Taguig on April 24. Taguig police identified the suspect as alias Mitch, 49, a resident of Barangay Upper Bicutan, who is listed as No. 4 most wanted person for May this year. She was arrested at her residence by elements...
Groundbreaking for the planned United States (US) economic security zone in the Philippines could take place within the current Marcos Jr. administration, with the project expected to generate hundreds of thousands of jobs once fully developed, Philippine investment officials said. Officials from...
Malacañang described the signing of the set of rules on the implementation of the Philippine Offshore Gambling Operators (POGO) ban as the "final nail in the coffin," which would prevent its "resurrection in a different form." The Inter-Agency Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) on the...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio has renewed his push for the education system to revert to learning via textbooks, saying the sheer lack of it has contributed to the "literacy crisis" in the country. This, as the House deputy minority leader expressed concern over data from the Second...
State-run policy think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has flagged a widening housing gap in Metro Manila, as rapid urban revitalization drives up land values and pushes affordable housing to the periphery. In a statement on Tuesday, April 21, PIDS said that while...
The Chamber of Real Estate & Builders’ Associations Inc. (CREBA) is calling for reforms to the government’s socialized housing framework, citing rising costs and structural inefficiencies that it said could undermine the sector. In a statement on Monday, April 20, CREBA flagged the need to...
With three exhaustive marathon hearings under its belt, the 13-panel Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) Council is now ready to move on to the next phase of its function--that is, to craft a consolidated legislative response to the fuel price crisis. But don 't call it "Bayanihan...
Muntinlupa police arrested one of the city 's most wanted fugitive, a convicted drug offender, during an operation in Bacoor, Cavite, on April 16. The suspect, alias Botay, 47, ranked No. 7 on Muntinlupa 's top 10 most wanted list (station level), was tracked down by personnel from the...
