Consumers who prefer using online transactions would benefit from additional protection and privacy once the proposed Internet Transactions Act is passed into law. “This is good news for online shoppers and online sellers,” Sen. Mark Villar, chairman of the Senate Committee on...
The domestic electric vehicles (EV) market is expected to grow a conservative 30 percent on strong adoption by motorists amid the influx of new models at relatively affordable price range. Patrick T. Aquino, director at the Department of Energy Utilization Management Bureau (EUMB), said during a...
Isabela 1st district Rep. Tonypet Albano (left), and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshots from YouTube live) Two congressmen clashed during the budget hearing of the Department of Tourism (DOT) before the House Committee on Appropriations,...
A group of education workers on Tuesday, Aug. 15, reiterated their calls for a salary increase, noting that the “concrete” conditions of teachers are enough grounds for an urgent pay hike. NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO “Why is it taking too long for them to provide salary...
"Love the Philippines" logo ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro prodded the Department of Tourism (DOT) on Tuesday, Aug. 15 to file charges against Doyle, Dane & Bernbach (DDB) Philippines--the contractor behind the fiasco that was the "Love the...
(Unsplash) A Makabayan solon criticized on Tuesday, Aug. 15 the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for supposedly being slow in providing assistance to Filipinos affected by the devastating wildfire in Maui, Hawaii in the United States (US). "It is disheartening to see...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Screenshot from YouTube live) Simply put, Filipinos were duped by the promise of lowered fuel prices by the Oil Industry Deregulation Act. Thus, said House Deputy Majority Leader and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo in his...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (center) leads an inspection at Nepa Q-Mart in Quezon City on Aug. 14. To his left is ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo. (Screenshot from Facebook live) House Speaker Martin Romualdez is taking matters into his own hands...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has joined four other senators who filed a bill establishing the Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian (Photo courtesy of O/S Win Gatchalian) Gatchalian, in filing Senate Bill No. 2395, sought the passage of the measure amid the...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo has promised to take up the cudgels for health works in connection with the pending release of their Covid-19 hazard pay. Tulfo made this commitment after being invited to speak at...
NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur – The Bicol Press Club (BPC) condemned on Friday, August 11, the arrest of a Radyo Natin Iriga reporter for alleged violation of the Data Privacy Act for scanning the police blotter at the Iriga City Police Station. Michael Marpuri, BPC volunteer lawyer, called on the...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading the New Philippine Building Act, which seeks to replace the 46-year-old Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1096 or National Building Code. Embodied in House Bill (HB) No.8500, the...
