The 11,000 ABS-CBN employees who lost their jobs amid the economic despair brought about by the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has remained a grave concern among lawmakers who tried, albeit in vain, to stop the closure of the network last year. ABS-CBN FRANCHISE As the country’s...
As grief enveloped the nation over the death of 50 soldiers during a C-130 crash in Sulu, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco vowed to strongly push for an upgrade and modernization of the country’s air assets, saying that what happened on Sunday, July 4 must not occur again in the future. Velasco led...
House deputy speaker and Basilan Representative Mujiv Hataman on Saturday, May 22, reiterated his appeal to President Duterte to certify as urgent the measure that would provide compensation to hundreds of thousands of victims of the 2017 Marawi siege. House deputy speaker and Basilan...