(Tingog Party-list) Tingog Party-list recently helped facilitate the distribution of cash aid to some 300 individuals in need in Pasig City. The payout took place last May 11, Thursday at the Youth Development Center, Rave Park, Pasig City. Done in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A party-list solon has filed a bill institutionalizing various students’ rights in the country in a bid to protect and empower them. Pinuno Party-list Rep, Howard Guinto penned and filed House Bill (HB) No.7985, or the proposed Students’ Rights and Welfare Act of 2023. Guinto,...
The municipalities of Daraga and Manito in Albay received brand-new firetrucks from Ako-Bicol party-list and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on Friday, May 12. MAYOR Carlwyn Baldo (third from left) of Daraga, Albay receives the ceremonial key for a brand-new firetruck from the Ako-Bicol party-list...
Rowena Guanzon (MANILA BULLETIN) Someone's trying to cause trouble, according to former Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Rowena Guanzon. Guanzon gave this reaction to reports that Comelec had refuted a press release saying that it ordered her oath-taking and proclamation as...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan announced on the occasion of International Nurses Day his backing of a bill that seeks to raise the minimum monthly base pay of...
(Unsplash) A congressman who works closely worth overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is asking Philippine authorities to clarify with Kuwait what brought about the latter's suspension of all types of work and entry visas for Filipinos. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo noted that on May 10, Kuwait...
NAIA A party-list congressman who experienced a power outage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) wants to know if regular maintenance checks are indeed being conducted at the airport. This, Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan took to task NAIA operator, the Manila...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan. There's nothing wrong with tapping individuals who ran and lost in the May 9, 2022 elections in President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s Cabinet. Thus, said House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan following...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on second reading the measure seeking to redefine the crime of illegal recruitment by a syndicate, particularly when committed by non-licensees or non-holders of authority. House Bill (HB) No.7718...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left), and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Rep. Salo's office, MANILA BULLETIN) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. now has "more choices" when it comes to naming a full-time Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary, should he decide to go that...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (2nd from left) interpellates a Department of Agriculture (DA) official during House panel hearing Wednesday, May 10. (Screenshot from Facebook live) SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta says he will ask for the resignation of Bureau of Plants Industry...
Rowena Guanzon (Twitter) For P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon, one shouldn't keep traveling for the sole purpose of introducing oneself. In a tweet Tuesday, the outspoken Guanzon advised a particular person--presumably a government official--to "work hard" if the person wants to be known....