(MANILA BULLETIN) Nearly 10 million small farmers and fisherfolks in the country will enjoy lifetime pensions if and when this House bill from two Bicol lawmakers get enacted. Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan and Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte jointly filed in the...
Rowena Guanzon and Vice President Sara Duterte (Twitter, Facebook) Proud kakampink Rowena Guanzon wrote a supportive tweet for Vice President Sara Duterte after learning one of the latter's advocacies. Guanzon, a P3PWD Party-list nominee, found out that Duterte was a backer of the Sexual...
(Tingog Party-list) Congressmen from Mandaluyong City and Quezon City expressed their gratitude to Tingog Party-list and Speaker Martin Romualdez for facilitating the release of cash aid or "ayuda" to victims of recent fire incidents in their respective areas. Thanking Tingog and the office of the...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) The spate of fatal and at times gruesome vehicular accidents in the country has pushed AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee to highlight the call for an increase in the Compulsory Third Party Liability Insurance (CTPLI) for commercial vehicles....
(Unsplash) The threat of dengue fever remains a serious threat that shouldn't be ignored. For this reason, AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes stressed the importance of promoting early consultations to help curb the rising cases of dengue fever in the country. "Malaking bagay po ang proper...
(Unsplash) A measure filed in the 19th Congress seeks to put an end to office bullying, which has been described as a longtime problem. ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Jocelyn Tulfo and Quezon City 2nd district Rep. Ralph Tulfo filed House Bill (HB) No.8446 or the proposed Anti-Bullying in the Workplace...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Manila Electric Company (Meralco), which distributes power to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), ought to exercise “extraordinary diligence” in rendering its services to the country's main gateway. Thus, said Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (left) and the late former senator Rodolfo Biazon (Rep. Libanan's office) House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan (2nd from right), with former senator Rodolfo “Pong” Biazon (2nd from left), at...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A pro-health congressman believes that a lot can still be done to improve Republic Act (RA) No.11223 or the celebrated Universal Health Care Act (UHC). This, as Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes lamented the results of a recent study by the Philippine Institute for...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Some P33 million worth of assistance--in cash and in kind--is on its way to the families affected by what is seen as the imminent eruption of Mayon Volcano in Albay. This, after the office of Speaker Martin Romualdez and Tingog Party-list...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee is eyeing a "Shark Tank"-style initiative to help budding Filipino entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground. Shark Tank is a popular program in the United States (US) that features business magnates and...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan is prodding the Senate to hasten the approval of its counterpart measure to the proposed Philippine Salt Industry Development Act, which is expected to create 100,000 jobs for Filipinos....
