Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (Contributed photo) At least 10 agencies will be affected by the House leadership's planned realignment of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) President Marcos made the right decision when he rejected proposals to temporarily reduce tariffs on imported rice, according to Bicol Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan. ...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro voted against the Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP) Pension Reform Bill for the reason that it would redirect a...
(Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives and the Senate have approved in the bicameral conference committee meeting an amendment to the National Internal Revenue Code exempting overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who derive their income...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez Leyte-based Tingog Party-list plans to tap P3 million from their medical assistance fund to cover the biopsy test cost of 200 patients in a bid to expand lung cancer screening access in the Philippines. ...
The combined P650-million confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of Education (DepEd)--both under Vice President Sara Duterte--will be among those to be realigned to intelligence and security agencies tasked to address "escalating threats in...
Vice President Sara Duterte (rightmost, bottom row, sitting) listens to Davao de Oro 1st district Rep, Maria Carmen Zamora's (standing) defense of the OVP budget for 2024. (Screenshot from YouTube live) The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will "submit to the...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The plenary debate on the 2024 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) was moved after Vice President Sara Duterte failed to appear at the House of Representatives Tuesday, Sept. 26 due to a "conflict...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook) A Bicol congressman has hailed President Marcos Jr.'s planned issuance of an executive order (EO) that would fast-track the processing of...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from YouTube live) A Makabayan lawmaker has slammed China's recent installation of floating barriers in Scarborough Shoal, which she called "a blatant violation of our country's sovereignty and an infringement...
Balayan face mask donation (Anakalusugan Party-list) As a response to the lingering volcanic smog (vog) from Taal Volcano, Anakalusugan Party-list made rounds in several towns in the province of Batangas over the weekend to donate face masks. Anakalusugan...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A total of 625 residents in Calabanga, a remote town in Camarines Sur, benefited from the Tarabangan Caravan and Dental Mission initiated by Ako Bicol party-list this weekend. At least 35 residents availed of free dental services, 21 for two- dimensional...
