Allocate the equivalent of at least 6 percent of the Philippines' gross domestic product (GDP) to education. This, according to House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro, will help the Marcos administration address the severe classroom backlog and learning crisis...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo recently visited a country in the Middle East that apparently did not have a single distressed overseas Filipino worker (OFW) needing shelter at the Philippine government-run Bahay Kalinga there. That country is the Kingdom of Bahrain. “We are satisfied that in our...
The other Teves in the House of Representatives is crying foul over his being mistaken for the congressman who is tagged in the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo last March 4. "As an innocent person, yours truly is not involved in the killing of Governor Degamo but unfortunately my...
If Rowena Guanzon would have her way, she would condemn onion smugglers to severe heartburn and halitosis by way of forced consumption of all the produce they smuggled. The P3PWD Party-list nominee suggested this form of punishment amid the plummeting farmgate price of local onions....
Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list Rep. Migs Nograles now knows how her late father, former House Speaker Prospero Nograles felt all those years ago when he worked atop the rostrum in the House of Representatives. In an emotional Facebook post late Monday night, March 13, Rep. Nograles gave...
The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 13, formed a technical working group (TWG) to consolidate House Bills (HBs) 346, 549, and 6940, which would provide protection for teachers from wrongful allegations of child abuse. The three bills—Institutionalizing support...
The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives on Monday, March 13, urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to certify as urgent House Bill (HB) No. 7568, which would mandate a P750 across-the-board wage increase for those working in the agricultural and non-agricultural...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has cited what he called "striking parallels" between the killings of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo last March 4 and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe over four years ago. In a statement Sunday, March 12, Romualdez said that he found it "highly...
Here's a sad fact: government workers who serve as grassroots implementers of the P103-billion Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) are at risk of becoming poor themselves due to the contractual nature of their jobs. Realizing this, House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino...
Bicol and the rest of the country will definitely feel the pili nut craze of countries in the European Union (EU), now that the export deal for the product will push through. Thus, said Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co, in the reaction to the resumption of dried pili nut exports from the...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee is prodding the government to extend the payment term for modern jeeps, saying this would make the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program "acceptable" to drivers and operators. AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee Lee made this to transportation...
The iconic look of traditional public utility jeepneys (PUJs) must be kept in the ongoing and painstaking switch to modern jeep models. (MANILA BULLETIN) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee made this appeal to transportation agencies Thursday, March 9 during the House Committee on Transportation's...
