Deputy Speaker and Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza on Wednesday, August 18 bewailed the alleged plans in the House of Representatives to railroad the passage of the highly controversial absolute divorce bill following its committee approval on Tuesday. Divorce 2 Atienza aired the accusation as...
The House Committee on Population and Family Relations' approval of the divorce bill saddened an official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). CBCP/MB Father Jerome Secillano, CBCP Public Affairs executive secretary, said he was saddened that lawmakers prioritized such...
Former Health Secretary and now Iloilo Representative Janette Garin has tested positive for COVID-19. Garin, in a statement, said she is currently on home quarantine as advised by her doctors. “Despite following the minimum health protocols and being extra cautious, I tested positive for...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said on Tuesday, August 17, that it will reconsider its circular which removed the benefit package for probable COVID-19 cases. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (MANILA BULLETIN) During a hearing of the House of Representatives'...
The progressive Makabayan bloc is pushing for a full scale congressional inquiry into the adverse audit findings made by the Commission on Audit in the the management by the Department of Health of the P67.32 billion anti-COVID 19 funds. Makabayan bloc image The resolution calling for the...
A bill seeking to mandate the issuance of an electronic vaccine cards to all fully vaccinated Filipinos has been filed in the House of Representatives. As the capital enters into a two-week enhanced community quarantine, people line up at a vaccination site located at Justo Lukban elementary school...
The Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Ban Bill that was recently passed on third and final reading by the House of Representatives favors plastic producers more than anything else. Greenpeace Philippines campaigner Marian Ledesma (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) Thus, said Greenpeace Philippines campaigner...
Officials on Tuesday, August 10, expressed confidence that prices of pork will stabilize after the government allowed more imports into the Philippines. (Keith Bacongco/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) During the sixth inquiry of the House of Representatives on the spike in the prices of goods,...
The House Committee on Women and Gender Equality has strongly endorsed for approval the bill making child marriages unlawful and penalizing persons, including parents, found guilty of facilitating or solemnizing illegal unions. Child marriage Authors of House Bill 9943 or the Anti-Child Marriage...
The House Committee on Ways and Means has approved the substitute measure seeking to exempt from all taxes the rewards and donations given to Olympic gold medalists Hidilyn Diaz and other national athletes and their coaches which they obtained during international sports competitions. House Bill...
The House of Representatives has assured civil society organizations participation in annual budget deliberations in Congress following the passage on third and final reading of the bill to pursue this purpose. San Jose del Monte City Rep. Rida Robes With 200 affirmative and six negative votes, the...
A science–savvy consumer advocacy group has defended OCTA Research from the House of Representatives' move to investigate the entity, delivering a sick burn to the legislators in the process. (Photo by Fusion Medical Animation/ Unsplash) "I appeal to our sensible lawmakers, to let our scientists...
