"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...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo speaks to House reporters on his first day on the job last July 24. (Contributed photo) ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo has been given an important task in the House of Representatives. During plenary session Wednesday, Aug....
A bill declaring Baler in Aurora province as the “Birthplace of Philippine Surfing” lapsed into law last Aug. 6, a statement posted in the Official Gazette said. (Photo from the Surf Atlas) Republic Act No. 11957, also known as “An Act Recognizing the Municipality of Baler in the Province of...
A group of education workers on Tuesday, Aug. 8, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to prioritize initiatives that would address the learning crisis in the education sector. DepEd file photo This after the DepEd requested P150 million in confidential funds under its proposed 2024 budget of...
Vice President Sara Duterte shrugged off the comments made by House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro against the P500-million confidential funds that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) requested, insisting instead that the matter must be left to Congress....
