Let nurses run for Congress. Nurses United Partylist FB Nurses belonging to Nurses United Party-List issued this call to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, Nov. 22. "Nurses and health workers are called heroes but we have not been valued. Our salaries remain low. It is disheartening...
The House Committee on Health, through the initiative of ACT-CIS Partylist Rep. Rowena 'Niña' Taduran, will investigate the questionable sale of two lots belonging to the Philippine Orthopedic Center to a couple at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic despite a court ruling against it. The...
Many families will go bankrupt if Congress will continue to ignore warnings aired by various groups against the grant of legislative franchises to firms operating e-sabong betting in the country. Former Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano Former House Speaker and Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano...
House Deputy Speaker and CIBAC Partlist Rep. Bro. Eddie Villanueva has called on the electorate to join the protest against the proliferation of legal online gambling, particularly e-sabong or online cockfighting, by not voting candidates who favor their continued operations. Bro. Villanueva issued...
Enchong Dee (Facebook) It seems like Kapamilya actor Enchong Dee is not yet ready to issue a statement surrounding the P1 billion cyber libel complaint filed against him. Dee was supposed to appear in a press conference scheduled on Monday, Nov. 15, but it was canceled. The cancelled press...
The House Committees on Government Enterprises and Privatization, and Basic Education and Culture has approved the "Traditional Arts in Mindanao and Sulu" bill on Thursday, November 11. House Bill No. 1580 primarily proposes the creation of the Institute of Sulu and Mindanao Traditional Arts or...
Before fake news factories start churning out their produce for social media consumption, the public should be advised that the recent meeting in Malacañang between President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao zeroed in on just one topic - projects for Mindanao’s progress. President...
San Miguel Chief Executive Officer Ramon S. Ang on Monday, Nov. 8 said he is willing to sell back to government the Petron Corporation on easy terms that include a five-year installment payment. Ramon S. Ang Ang made the offer during the briefing on legislative measures proposing the suspension of...
BUHAY Party-list board member and legal counsel Melchor Monsod on Saturday, Nov. 6 decried false allegations that the party has abandoned Deputy Speaker and BUHAY Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza who is seeking the vice presidency. Rep. Lito Atienza2 Atienza, founder of the pro-Life partylist...
Not only is Deputy Speaker and BUHAY Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza in favor of relaxing stringent restrictions against plenary hall presence of congressmen, he wants the prohibition lifted entirely so that all Lower House members can participate in actual lawmaking. Deputy Speaker and Buhay Partylist...
The Akbayan Partylist has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to nullify the certificate of candidacy of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr in the May 2022 polls due to his 1995 tax evasion conviction. Photo from Akbayan Partylist FB In a statement, Akbayan said a...
Two senior administration lawmakers rejected on Thursday, Nov. 4 the calls made by their Lower House colleagues to lift restrictions on face-to-face presence in plenary proceedings starting Monday, the resumption of regular sessions. Empty Lower House plenary hall Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro...
