A lawmaker representing barangay health workers on Thursday, July 21, gave suggestions on how the Philippines can safely resume in-person classes starting Nov. 2 as ordered by the Department of Education (DepEd). (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) BHW Party-list Rep. Angelica Natasha Co...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas led fellow members of the Makabayan bloc in filing a House bill (HB) with the goal of ending the contractualization or “endo” (end of contract) workers. (Photo from Gabriela Women's Party-list Facebook) Brosas, alongside ACT Teachers Party-list...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has bared his "wish list" for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Rep. Ron Salo (photo from congress.gov.ph) Marcos’s maiden SONA will take place on Monday, July 25, on the official start of the 19th Congress...
Making school uniforms non-mandatory isn’t enough to make education accessible as students also need financial aid, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel said. File photo of college students roaming around the campus before the pandemic. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) This, after...
A group of senior citizens voiced their support to what it called the “long overdue” purge of the list of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) Senior Citizen Party-list Rep. Rodolfo...
Gabriela Women’s Partylist filed a resolution seeking House probe on alleged sexual, verbal, and emotional abuse in the government-run Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) in Los Baños, Laguna. (Image courtesy of Philippine High School for the Arts) “The recent revelations about...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte stood firm on Department Order No. 34, on the decision to start School Year 2022-23 in public schools on August 22, while citing that the country is now in a better position to transition to in-person classes. (RIO DELUVIO / MANILA BULLETIN...
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Wednesday, July 13, raised concerns that public school teachers won’t be getting enough rest after the Department of Education (DepEd) announced that the start of regular classes will be on Aug. 22. (RIO DELUVIO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) ACT...
The Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) Party-list group filed a bill proposing a P1,000 monthly allowance to indigent persons with disabilities (PWDs) to augment their financial capacities. Cora Clarin, a Person with Orthopedic Disability, is head of the Persons...
A party-list group advocating public health is pushing for the administration of non-injectable vaccines against Covid-19 to vastly improve the vaccination rates in the country. (Photo from BHW Party-list) In a statement on Sunday, July 10, Barangay Health Workers (BHW) Party-list Rep. Angelica...
Pinuno Party-list Rep. Howard Guintu has filed House Bill (HB) 1041, or the proposed “Free On-Site Living Quarters for Public School Teachers Act". Public school teachers at work (Photo from DepEd/Manila Bulletin) “This bill will address the problems of our public school teachers who need to...
Neophyte lawmaker and Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel filed 10 House bills (HBs) and 10 House Resolutions (HRs) last June 30, or the first day for the fifiling of measures for the 19th Congress. Top-billing the measures is a request for the House to look into the alleged fraud during the May...
