The House plenary hall (Contributed photo) The measure that seeks to expand the scope of legal aid extended to overseas Filipinos and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has been approved on third and final reading in the House of Representatives. "Our...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on the third and final reading the proposed Climate Change Resilience Act, which stresses the need for the government to come up with measures to stop...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives intends to approve before the Christmas break the resolutions concurring with the proclamations issued by President Marcos that grant amnesty to rebels who have...
Aside from pointing out that the country has a working judicial system, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go said that the International Criminal Court (ICC) need not investigate the Philippines as there are no dictators in the country. "Kadalasan po yung mga iniimbestigahan ng ICC yun po yung mga...
The House plenary. (Speaker’s office) The proposed Magna Carta of the Out-of-School Youth (OSY) has been approved on third and final reading by the House of Representatives. The magna carta, embodied in House Bill (HB) No.9347, garnered 246...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed franchise of the Negros Electric and Power Corporation (NEPC) has inched closer to passage in the House of Representatives after it gained preliminary approval at the committee level....
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill reducing the duration and validity of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in terms of its representation from the current five...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) The House of Representatives is "deeply concerned" over the reported capture of 17 Filipino seafarers by Houthi pirates in the Red Sea. "We, at the House of Representatives, are deeply concerned about the distressing...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (leftmost) welcomes the Top 10 Outstanding Boy Scouts of the Philippines at the House of Representatives (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives honored on Wednesday, Nov. 22 the 10 Outstanding Boy Scouts of the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Manila Electric Company's (Meralco) purchase of electricity goes through a "very strict" process, a representative of the firm assured the House Committee on Legislative Franchises on Wednesday, Nov. 22....
The House plenary (Speaker’s office) Congressmen have declared themselves ready for nuclear energy. With a vote of 200-7-2 (yes-no-abstain), the House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed on third and final reading House Bill (HB) No. 9293, or the...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed on third and final hearing the measure that seeks to institutionalize a Contraband Detection and Control System (CDCS) in penal and detention facilities across the country. Garnering 208 affirmative...
