House Speaker Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino "Bojie" Dy III highlighted the positive impact to education that House Bill (HB) No. 9532, or the proposed “Universal Access to Digital Academic Learning Resources Act" could potentially bring. This, as Dy welcomed the recent passage of the measure...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Acting Secretary Kim Robert de Leon said on Tuesday, Aug. 11 that the sheer necessity of flood control projects led to the restoration of these items in the country 's spending plan, specifically in the P7.2-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP)...
The House of Representatives has set a tight 53-day timetable for the tackling and passage of the proposed P7.2-trillion 2027 national budget, using the just-submitted National Expenditure Program (NEP) as basis. Committee on Appropriations Chairperson Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Angela...
Camarines Sur Reps. Migz Villafuerte (2nd district) and Luigi Villafuerte (5th district) are upbeat over the imminent establishment of the proposed National Cybersecurity Agency (NCSA) under the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). This, after the recent approval by the...
The House of Representatives under Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III is looking to repeat the conduct of a transformative and transparent budget process this year, even as the flood control projects corruption scandal remains more than a memory to most Filipinos. This, after the House fomally...
Although flood control projects have been "demonized", such projects must still exist in the proposed P7.2-trillion 2027 national budget, if only to protect vulnerable communities. Thus, said Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin ahead of Malacañang 's expected submission of...
House Speaker Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino "Bojie" Dy III has assured Filipinos that their congressmen are ready to provide them help in connection with the heavy rains and floods caused by the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat). According to Dy, House members representing affected constituencies...
Despite the inclement weather and most of House employees working from home, the House Committee on Ways and Means approved on Monday afternoon, Aug. 10 a bill raising the annual taxable income exemption ceiling to P350,000 from P250,000. On top of this, the panel, chaired by Marikina City 2nd...
House Deputy Speakers La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V and Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin defended Congress on Monday, Aug. 10 from criticisms that it was prioritizing Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial over response to problems caused by heavy rains and floods....
The House of Representatives has cancelled its scheduled plenary session on Monday, Aug. 10 due to heavy rainfall and flooding. This, as House personnel were placed on a work-from-home (WFH) arrangement “In view of the heavy rainfall and flooding brought about by the Southwest Monsoon, a...
Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno has resparked efforts in the House of Representatives to institutionalize an artificial intelligence (AI) governance framework by filing a related bill to start the second regular session. Diokno introduced House Bill (HB) No. 10362 or the proposed AI Governance...
Ombudsman Jesus “Crispin” Remulla has accused the camp of former House speaker Martin Romualdez of being behind the recantation of some of former lawmaker Zaldy Co’s former bodyguards, saying the move shows the camp’s desperation as the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has already built a...
