Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday said he agrees that an amnesty for rebel groups would be key to a national reconciliation as the government pursues peace and order. Lacson expressed his view on the issue as his the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and...
Lawmakers from Mindanao have called on the leadership of the House of Representatives, as well as the executive department, to fund the operations of state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). House deputy speaker and Basilan...
The Commission on Election blinked first as it declared on Tuesday, Sept. 28 a decision to call an en banc session to approve congressional proposal to extend by another 30 days the period for registration of voters. Voters registration amid COVID-19 threat The announcement was made in the House of...
The House of Representatives’ parallel investigation into the government’s procurement of supposed overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies is obviously an attempt to divert the attention away from President Duterte who has been defending his former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang,...
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading the bill proposing to compel the Commission on Elections to extend for one month the registration of voters originally scheduled to end on Thursday, Sept. 30. House of Representatives plenary With all 193 congressmen present at the...
The Senate on Monday, Sept. 27 approved on third and final reading five local bills that seek to declare five “ecologically vital areas” as protected sites under the National Integrated Protected Areas Systems (NIPAS). Approved were House Bill No. (HBN) 9329 or the Banao Protected Landscape Act...
The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading two local bills that seek to declare Carcar City in Cebu and the municipality of San Vicente in Ilocos Sur as heritage zones. The Upper Chamber approved in particular House Bill Nos. 5644 and 7927, which seeks the conservation and...
The Senate on Monday, Sept. 27, approved on third and final reading the bill revising the 112-year-old charter of Baguio City. House Bill No. 8882 or the Revised Charter of the City of Baguio was approved with 23 affirmative votes, no negative votes, and no abstention. The House of Representatives...
Two lawmakers on Monday, Sept. 27 sought the full enforcement of the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018 or Republic Act No. 11053 as they condemned the killing of another Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) cadet. “Ang PNPA ay dapat nagsisilbing halimbawa sa mahigpit na pagpapatupad ng batas laban sa...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We are delighted that after two years of renovation, the Home Economics building of our old school, the West Central Elementary School (formerly Dagupan Elementary School) in Dagupan City, which served as the brief headquarters of...
The House of Representatives approved on second reading the bill proposing to direct the Commission on Elections to extend the registration of voters for another month. Voter's registration In a motion raised by Pampanga Rep. Rimpy Bondoc, the chamber amended House Bill 10261 in its entirety,...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US lawmakers green-lit $1 billion Thursday to resupply Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system after funding was controversially stripped from a separate bill following a revolt from the Democrats' left flank. Israel's Iron Dome aerial defence system, pictured in May...
