The Senate on Monday, February 26, approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 2492 or the proposed Philippine Maritime Zones Act which sets archipelagic boundaries in compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) and the 2016 The Hague arbitral ruling. ...
Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr. hailed President Marcos for signing on Monday, Feb. 26 the bill expanding the coverage of the Centenarians Act of 2016 as senior citizens will no longer have to wait until they reach 100 years old to receive cash gifts from the government. :Senate President Juan...
President Marcos has signed two landmark laws that aim to honor two key sectors of society and promote their rights and development — the Tatak Pinoy (Proudly Filipino) Act and the Expanded Centenarians Act. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos signed the two...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has released seven draft regulations related to the Ease of Paying Taxes law ahead of the two-day public consultation set for next week. In a recent BIR advisory , the bureau is inviting taxpayers to participate in a public consultation on the proposed...
Sen. Mark Villar emphasized the stronger provisions provided under Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act or AFASA that will arm the country’s financial institutions with heightened risk management systems, power, and authority to manage the financial transactions of account owners which are poised...
Senator Grace Poe said the passage of Senate Bill No. 2560 or the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act into law is necessary to protect Filipinos’ hard-earned money as more shift to online banking and digital payments. “They say that there are only two certain things in life: death and...
Senator Imee Marcos Members of the House of Representatives find questionable the timing of Senator Imee Marcos' rants about P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2024 or the current national budget. Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA)...
Sen. Imee Marcos disclosed on Tuesday, February 20, that this year's national budget was defunded billions worth in pensions to give way to the controversial Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP). Marcos said that these include those for retired military and uniformed personnel, as well as...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa is now seeking the passage of a bill amending the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act or Republic Act No. 12235, stressing the need to balance the welfare of the riding community and to address crime committed by those “riding-in-tandem.” In his co-sponsorship...
A group of education workers on Saturday, Feb. 17, decried the “protracted study” of the Department of Education (DepEd) on salary hikes noting that delayed salary review has a devastating impact on teachers' livelihood. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE) “Ilang taon nang kapos...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III told the public to shun the narrative that the proposed P100-minimum wage hike would be catastrophic for the country as this could further aggravate inflation. In a radio interview on DWIZ, Pimentel said that the country has to think out of the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has formally started the pilot implementation of the Strengthening Opportunities for Lone Parents, or Program SOLo—a program created to help solo parents fulfill their parental responsibilities. A memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed on...
