The House of Representatives ' proposed KALINGA Act received a big boost on Tuesday afternoon, May 5 after the country’s economic managers threw their support behind the fuel price crisis response measure. The expressions of support were made during the first hearing of the House Ad Hoc...
A ranking congresswoman wants to impose a civil penalty of up to P10 million against energy-producing companies that implement unreasonable price increases on crude oil and refined petroleum products. Manila Teachers Party-list Rep. Ma. Nina Francesca Lacson filed for this purpose House Bill (HB)...
House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos is rallying his congressman-colleagues to swiftly pass the proposed Kalinga Act, which is seen to provide relief for poor Filipinos, the middle class, and small business owners amid elevated fuel costs. Marcos made the call ahead of...
Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren is bent on subjecting the delays in the rollout of the national ID system to a full-blown congressional probe, even as he says the problem has turned into a big hindrance in the distribution of fuel aid. “I will file a resolution to investigate ‘yung...
Senators Risa Hontiveros and Bam Aquino are urging the government to do more for the welfare of Filipino workers amid the elevated prices of petroleum. They made this appeal in separate statements issued on Friday, May 1, on the occasion of Labor Day. In a speech before the Philippine...
Camarines Sur-based lawmakers are prodding the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Transportation (DOTr) to expand the scope and duration of its month-long toll-free transport of farm produce. Rep. Migz Villafuerte of the province 's 5th district and Rep. Luigi Villafuerte of the...
College students shouldn 't be left to fend for themselves as far as the shift to a digital mode of learning amid the fuel price crisis is concerned. According to Solid North Party-list Rep. Ching Bernos, the country’s local government units (LGUs) must do their part to provide support to...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, April 21 expressed support to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) move to mandate fuel price adjustments, calling it a far better move than leaving the price modifications to the oil firms. Lacson pointed this out saying such...
Camarines Sur 5th district Rep. Migz Villafuerte has echoed the call of the House Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) Council to suspend for two months the collection of value-added tax (VAT) on petroleum products. Villafuerte, chairman of the House Committee on Information and...
Who says energy regulators can 't crack down on unjustified fuel price hikes under the deregulated regime? House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan insisted on Sunday, April 19 that the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) retain...
To say that House Deputy Speaker Bacolod City lone district Rep. Albee Benitez is disappointed with the Department of Social Welfare and Development 's (DSWD) "ayuda" (aid) distribution is a huge understatement. Benitez took to his Facebook on Saturday, April 18 to give her firsthand...
The House Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) Council has covered a lot of ground in terms of coming up with a wide range of legislative responses to this era of elevated fuel prices. To their credit, members of the House of Representatives actively participated in the three hearings...
