Senator Loren Legarda on Wednesday, Aug. 3 welcomed the passage of Republic Act (RA) 11904, or the Philippine Creative Industries Development Act, which supports Filipino excellence in creative industries. The law, which Legarda co-authored in the previous 18th Congress, is a significant milestone...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a measure seeking to strengthen the delivery of mental health services in basic education schools in the Philippines. Gatchalian filed Senate Bill (SB) No. 379 or the Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act in hopes of immediately countering...
Lawmakers on Sunday, July 31, paid tribute to former President Fidel V. Ramos who died at the age of 94, with Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto of Batangas 6th District calling him “Steady Eddie” who steered the Philippines to economic development at a time of great crisis in the early 1990s. Former...
The President’s veto on a bill exempting taxes to election duty honorarium surprised and dismayed teachers. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual presser on Sunday, July 31, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines called out President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., after...
In a day, how many times does an average consumer use a product that comes from a sachet or a plastic wrapper? Food, beverage, cookies, cooking ingredients, shampoo, liquid soap come in sachets. Numerous personal items are packaged in plastic –razor, hair brush, cosmetics, hygiene care products,...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered on Monday, July 25, his first State of the Nation Address (SONA)—a speech that was 73 minutes long, and marked by 90 rounds of applause. House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri applaud President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as he...
The National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) said that the unauthorized use of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) photos for donations is a violation of Republic Act No. 8371 or the "Indigenous Peoples Rights Act." media This is the act that recognizes, protects, and promotes the rights of IPs and...
More than 200 groups of teaching and non-teaching personnel, on Thursday, July 21, presented 10 measures to help ensure “education recovery” in the Philippines. (Image courtesy of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers Philippines) Days before President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s first...
Four-term Senator Loren Legarda today July 21 filed Senate Bill 8, or the "Pangkabuhayan Act," to stimulate entrepreneurship and empower Filipino entrepreneurs by ensuring effective access to existing financing and livelihood assistance programs. Legarda, who is expected to be selected as the...
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines said on Wednesday, July 20, that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s greenlight on the institutionalization of blended learning is an admission of the "dire state of our educational system." (Photo from the Department of Education /...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) should address the concern of the US House of Representatives on alleged human rights violations as a condition to its aid to the Philippines, Senator Aquilino Pimentel III today (July 20) said. ‘’But those are the conditions that the US has imposed on its...
Senator Loren Legarda has refiled Senate Bill 7 that seeks to amend Republic Act (RA) 8759 ,or the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Act of 1999, to include entrepreneurship and provide better employment and entrepreneurial opportunities suited for each Filipino. Legarda, a four-term...
