The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT),which is linked to the militant Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives, criticized and taunted Vice President Sara Duterte in a thorny statement Thursday, March 30, going as far to call her a "fake" education leader. "The [ACT] Philippines, with its...
The House of Representatives leadership is taking advantage of the lenghty summer break to the hone the skills and knowledge of its staff. On Wednesday, March 29, staff from Office of Speaker Martin Romualdez and those from the offices of Tingog Party-list Reps. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre...
Who says P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon's Twitter feed is all about counter-bashing and negativity? On Tuesday night, Guanzon wrote a rather sweet shoutout to Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda after the latter helped out a young person with disability (PWD). "Nagpapasalamat ang...
Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) icon and so-called "Pinoy Sakuragi" Marc Pingris stole the show during the opening ceremony of the Ako Bicol Cup - basketball tournament on Saturday, March 25. The super-popular Pingris was the designated torch-bearer during the event, which was held at the...
Ending malnutrition in the country is among the lofty goal of House Bill (HB) No.7586, or the proposed “Nutrition Act of 2023”. Filed by AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee, the measure espouses the creation of a 10-year Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) by the proposed National...
Pro-women lawmaker Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has recently filed a measure that, if enacted, would grant all female employees in the private and public sectors a maximum of two days of fully paid menstrual leave per month. Brosas filed House Bill (HB) No.7758, or the proposed Menstrual...
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon will be stepping up her tirades against the administration and its followers. Rowena Guanzon (Twitter) Guazon made this declaration on Twitter and stated her reason for doing so. "Mga Pulangaw,hindi nyo talaga ma gets no? (You really don't get it do you?) One...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo on Monday, March 20, urged Philippine embassies in Muslim-majority countries to intercede on behalf of convicted overseas Filipinos, especially those facing the death penalty, this holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, the lawmaker likewise called on the National...
Sunday came and P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon graciously gave the online trolls a break from her Twitter tirades. Not only that, the outspoken Guanzon was kind enough to announce this "rest day" at around 9 a.m. Sunday, March 19, meaning the so-called "pungalaw trolls" knew early in the...
If an electric cooperative in the countryside is charging 30 percent higher than the rate of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), chances are there's something wrong. That's why House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan penned and filed House Resolution (HR) No. 846, which...
House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro believes that there's "high possibility" that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue a warrant of arrest against former president Rodrigo Duterte in connection with his bloody war on drugs. This, after the ICC's...
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon busted another nerve on Twitter after getting wind of news that sugar was in "short supply". As usual, Guanzon didn't mince her words on the topic as she felt that it was all a set-up to justify the importation of sugar. "Milling season ngayon ng sugar . Paano...
