iPeople, inc., the education partnership between the Yuchengco and Ayala groups, is seeking to merge subsidiaries National Teachers College (NTC) and Affordable Private Education Center Schools (APEC). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, iPeople said the shareholders and boards of...
Iligan City lone district Rep. Celso Regencia has become the 67th member of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) in the House of Representatives. Speaker Martin Romualdez (far left) administers the oath to Iligan City lone district Rep. Celso Regencia (3rd from right), Aklan Gov. Jose...
REP. Yap (FB) LILOAN, Southern Leyte – Southern Leyte Rep. Christopherson ‘’Coco’’ Yap has filed a bill placing Panaon Island under the protection of the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act (NIPAS). Yap, together with Southern Leyte Rep. Luz Mercado, filed House Bills...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said Saturday, Dec. 3 that he would welcome further discussion on House Bill (HB) No.6398 or the proposed Maharlika Wealth Fund (MWF) from the upper chamber. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and Senator Imee Marcos (Facebook) This, after presidential...
The Department of Finance (DOF) clarified that the imposition of value-added tax (VAT) on digital transactions only aims to ensure that everybody pays his fair share of taxes. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the proposed VAT on electronic or digital services does not impose new taxes,...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez says Moody’s Investors Service’s positive forecast for the Philippines in 2023 confirms that the country is "on the right track" under President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr....
Busy days are common for Puwersa ng Bayaning (PBA) Party-List Rep. Migs Nograles and the rest of her fellow members of the House Committee on Rules. (Migs Nograles's Facebook) But when plenary sessions result to the passage on third and final reading of numerous bills of national significance, it's...
The House bill (HB) seeking to establish the proposed Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP) has been approved on second reading. (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) During House plenary session Tuesday evening, Nov. 29, House Committee on Health Chairman and Batanes lone district...
The proposed Philippine sovereign wealth fund (SWF) gained the backing of several top-performing government financial institutions (GFIs) when the measure was tackled Tuesday, Nov. 29 by the House Committee on Banks and Financial Intermediaries. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) The measure, House Bill (HB)...
Less than two weeks after the creation of a technical working group (TWG) to thresh out the proposed amendments to the Right-of-Way (ROW) Act, a House panel on Tuesday, Nov. 29, approved the substitute bill that would improve the process of acquiring lands for ROW sites. Surigao del Sur Rep. Romeo...
Barangay Ginebra import and Gilas Pilipinas prospect Justin Donta Brownlee gave a "special shoutout" to House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Tuesday, Nov. 29. Justin Donta Brownlee (Screenshot from Ryan Pacpaco's video) It was a short and sweet message that showed the 34-year-old American cager's...
The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Tuesday, Nov. 29, approved two bills that would strengthen students’ access to a creative arts track in secondary school and would improve the welfare of public school teachers through the creation of new teaching positions with higher salary...