Senator Joel Villanueva urged President Marcos on Friday, Jan. 31 to certify the legislated wage hike bill in the Senate as urgent, emphasizing the need to improve the standard of living for Filipino workers. Villanueva, who serves as Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment, and...
Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. on Tuesday, January 21 called on lawmakers to consider a different version of an anti-teenage pregnancy bill, one that would not provide or introduce risky policies in the country’s sexuality education. Revilla said Senate Bill No. 1209, or the proposed...
Voting 22-0-0 (yes-no-abstain), the Senate, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, approved on third and final reading Senate Bill (SB) No. 2816, also known as an act setting the term of office of barangay officials and members of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). “With the longer fixed term, the barangay officials...
Some senators were elated with the Department of Health’s (DOH) latest directive to relieve senior citizens of the need to present their purchase slip booklets to avail themselves of the discount on medicines. Sen. Loren Legarda welcomed the directive saying this would also enhance the...
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., on Wednesday, December 18 urged the National Commission of Senior citizens (NCSC) to fully implement the Expanded Centenarian Law or Republic Act 11982 in January 2025. Revilla warned the NCSC it will face the ire of the country’s senior citizens and...
CEBU CITY – Echoing the pronouncement of fellow lawmakers, Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. on Thursday denied speculations that there are moves to oust Senate President Chiz Escudero. SEN. Bong Revilla denies moves to oust Senate President Chiz Escudero during a press conference in Mandaue City...
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. has urged the government not to leave employees of the Optical Media Board (OMB) in limbo. During the Senate’s hearing on the proposed budget of the OMB for 2025, OMB’s primary function was put into question after Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy...
Cavite 7th District Board Member Abeng Remulla and Cavite 2nd District Board Member Ram Revilla filed their certificates of candidacy for governor and vice governor on Oct. 8 (Screenshot from Abeng Remulla's Facebook live stream/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – Cavite 7th District Board Member...
Cavite 1st District Rep. Jolo Revilla filed his COC for re-election on Oct. 1 (Photo from Rep. Jolo Revilla/MANILA BULLETIN) Cavite 2nd District Rep. Lani Mercado Revilla and Cavite 1st District Rep. Jolo Revilla filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) for re-election at the Office of...
CEBU CITY – Mandaue City Rep. Emmarie “Lolypop” Ouano-Dizon has been named as the regional chairperson of the country’s most dominant political party, the Lakas-CMD, in Central Visayas. SEN. Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr. (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (right) raise the hands of...
Vice President Sara Duterte wasn’t the only one who paid a courtesy call to former vice president Leni Robredo in Naga City as Marcos allies Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos and Senator Bong Revilla were seen meeting the ex-official on Saturday, Sept. 21. Former vice president Leni Robredo...
Political party Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (LAKAS-CMD) named Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr. as its official senatorial candidate in the upcoming 2025 midterm elections. Photo from the Office of Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr. In a resolution adopted during the party’s national...
