House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has hailed President Marcos' decision to certify as urgent the bill amending the Rice Tariffication Law...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Monday, May 6 expressed confidence there is sufficient time to study the proposal seeking a new round of salary increases for government workers. Estrada pointed this out after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reiterated that any...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), committed on Monday, May 6, to further strengthen the legal assistance to all policemen, especially those facing harassment cases in the the performance of their duty. While the PNP has a good pool of lawyers, Marbil...
China is planning to build a structure near the Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea in a desperate bid to reverse the ruling of the United Nations Tribunal which rejected its claim to almost all parts of the South China Sea, the National Security Council (NSC) disclosed on Sunday, May 5. This...
Police Maj. Gen. Edgar Alan Okubo Five senior police officials were given new assignments in the latest reorganization in the Philippine National Police (PNP) that includes positions for its campaign...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee criticized on Sunday, May 5, the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) for their inconsistent...
The Philippine military had supposedly entered early this year into an agreement with China over the South China Sea, the Chinese embassy in Manila claimed Saturday, May 4. The embassy said that Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command agreed to a "new model" on the management of...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is planning to propose an executive order that will strengthen the regional development councils’ (RDC) role in formulating regional development plans and investment programs. NEDA, along with RDC chairpersons, met with President Ferdinand...
The government has renewed its partnership with the United Nations to steer the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and implement the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023-2028. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), together with the Department of Affairs, held a...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee expects retail prices of rice to drop by as much as P20 per kilo if and when the proposed amendments to Republic Act (RA) No. 11023 or the Rice Tariffication Law...
Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Angela Suansing (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Even an author of the 2019 Rice Tarrification Law (RTL) in the House of Representatives has admitted the need to amend the controversial statute, if only...
The defense chiefs of the United States, Australia, Japan and the Philippines have expressed serious concerns over the repeated harassments of China on local vessels, the latest was the incident near the Scarborough Shoal where two Chinese Coast Guard vessels used high-pressure water cannons on a...
