Two House of Representatives leaders who supported ABS-CBN’s bid for the grant of a fresh legislative franchise remained optimistic that the legislative body will 'correct' what it has done last year and grant the network its request in the 19th Congress. ABS-CBN FRANCHISE On the first...
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Friday, July 9 called on government to move for the adoption of the US State Department’s recommendations to eliminate human trafficking in the Philippines notwithstanding improving its efforts towards this end. Human Trafficking image Nograles, vice...
The House Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday, July 7 approved the substitute bill of the measure that seeks to declare a portion of the Philippine Rise as a protected area under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) even after two members of the panel got locked into a...
Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte and ACT CIS Partylist Rep. Eric Yap, together with their businessmen friends, pledged a P5 million donation to the families of military personnel and civilians who perished in the July 4 C-130 crash in Sulu. Reps. Paulo Duterte (1st District, Davao City)...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Tuesday, July 6 assailed as “nonsensical” Malacanang’s claim that government lacks money to grant cash assistance to Filipinos reeling from the devastating effects of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic....
Deputy Speaker and Pangasinan Rep. Conrado M. Estrella III on Tuesday, July 6 lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for signing the bill establishing the Eastern Pangasinan Regional Medical and Trauma Center, saying that the hospital will be treasured by the people of the province as one of the best...
The Annual Stockholders' Meeting of House of Investments will be held on August 6, 2021 at 2:30 P.M. NOTICE OF ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting of HOUSE OF INVESTMENTS, INC. will be held on Friday, August 6, 2021 at 2:30 P.M., with...
The House of Representatives is giving a blast for the last as it shifted preparations for President Rodrigo Duterte’s sixth and final State of the Nation Address to high gear. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the Lower Chamber had laid out plans to highlight the legislative accomplishments of the...
The United States government has conveyed its “deep condolences” to the Philippines following the crash of a C130H plane that killed 50 people, mostly army soldiers, and injured several dozens of others in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday, July 4, 2021. Office of the President of the United States (via...
The Annual Stockholders' Meeting of House of Investments will be held on August 6, 2021 at 2:30 P.M. NOTICE OF ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting of HOUSE OF INVESTMENTS, INC. will be held on Friday, August 6, 2021 at 2:30 P.M., with...
The chairman of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability on Sunday, July 4, dared Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao to pursue a Senate inquiry into his expose on alleged massive corruption in the government. But contrary to the view of DIWA Partylist Rep. Michael Y....
If the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) will be prevented from dismantling shanties built by informal settlers within the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) area in Muntinlupa City, BuCor chief Undersecretary Gerald Bantag said he should also be given the same right to build a house inside Camp Aguinaldo....
