With 13 days to go before the opening of the 19th Congress on July 25, Senator Cynthia A. Villar filed her priority bills designed to further accelerate the country's agricultural growth, to preserve and conserve the environment, and to help Filipino entrepreneurs. Villar will retain the...
Senator Joel Villanueva today July 4 filed the first 20 of his priority bills for the 19th Congress to continue his advocacy and fulfill his campaign promises of job creation and security. “For our second term, our job in the Senate is still jobs. We are pushing for job opportunities and job...
Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon is raring to get job done in her new role as a party-list congresswoman. Photo from Rowena Guanzon's Twitter) This, as the incoming P3PWD Party-list representative is planning to file not one, not two, but at least 10 priority...
The House Committee on National Defense and Security will have its hands full as it takes swift action on the legislative priorities President Rodrigo Duterte outlined in his recent State of the Nation Address. Police personnel Legislative measures providing for free legal assistance to personnel...
Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), expressed gratitude to President Duterte on Tuesday, July 27, for pushing in the final year of his term two priority bills that will benefit the organization's 220,000-strong personnel. (File photo from Philippine...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Monday, July 26, that it was “happy” to hear that the bill seeking the establishment of a Virology Science and Technology Institute of the Philippines (VSTIP) has been included in the list of priority measures President Duterte mentioned...
Malacañang nudged Congress to pass the administration's priority bills before the year ends, noting that many of them will be busy with their reelection bids in 2022. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement days ahead of...
Malacañang nudged Congress anew to pass a measure putting an end to contractualization (ENDO), saying such law remained to be an administration bill. President Rodrigo Duterte. (Malacañang photo) Roque made the statement a week before President Duterte delivers his last State of the Nation...
A law seeking to give workers security of tenure and stopping the end of contract scheme (ENDO) was no longer part of President Duterte's priority legislation, Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) Undersecretary Jacinto Paras said. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) Paras made the...
President Duterte has called for the swift passage of the administration's priority bills, particularly certain tax reform measures, to help promote economic recovery following the debilitating impact of the pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Among the administration bills...
