Proposals to amend the much-maligned Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) are beginning to snowball in the House of Representatives. This, after House Deputy Majority Leader Quezon City 5th district Rep. Patrick Michael “PM” Vargas filed House Bill No. 10306, which sought to tweak the...
Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo "Ompong" Ordanes claims that elderly Filipinos feel forgotten and neglected by President Marcos after the latter "snubbed" the sector in his latter 's State of the Nation Address (SONA). "Kami po ba ay dahon ng anahaw? (Are we just anahaw leaves?)"...
Dear President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., Don’t leave pedestrians and cyclists behind. Every State of the Nation Address tells us where our country is headed. This year, I listened as someone who has spent the past several years working alongside people who rely on our roads every day, not behind...
President Marcos has given Congress a "clear policy direction" to finally provide meaningful tax relief to millions of Filipino workers whose purchasing power has been steadily eroded by inflation and the rising cost of living. Thus, said House Committee on Labor and Employment Chairperson Cavite...
True to his word, Navotas City lone Rep. Toby Tiangco refiled his long-standing measure seeking to remove systems loss charges from consumers ' monthly electricity bills. This was his direct response to President Marcos ' fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA), which he delivered before...
The top leaders of the House of Representatives have heeded President Marcos ' call on the legislature to provide tax relief for local businesses, as mentioned in his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA). House Speaker Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino "Bojie" Dy III and Majority Leader...
President Marcos’ fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) failed to mention the climate crisis, destructive mining, and communities threatened by the continued expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure, a Roman Catholic bishop pointed out on Thursday, July 30. “President Ferdinand Marcos Jr....
House Assistant Minority Leader Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal has filed a measure that would prevent distribution utilities (DU) from passing on system loss charges to its customers. House Bill (HB) No. 10357, was filed by Nazal on July 28, a day after President Marcos...
Police have intensified the operation to run after those responsible in an alleged attempt to mobilize and encourage anti-Marcos individuals to create disruption and public disorder during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27. Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) expressed readiness to execute the tax reform agenda outlined by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. during his 2026 State of the Nation Address (SONA). BIR Commissioner Charlito Martin R. Mendoza said the tax assessment agency is positioning itself to implement...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. earned widespread public approval when he declared in his fifth State of the Nation Address that consumers should no longer pay the system loss charge on their electricity bills. His reasoning was straightforward. Electricity lost before it reaches homes and...
MEDIUM RARE There may be something for everyone in the President’s State of the Nation Address, SONA, so I hope the reader does not mind if I list my own Sana. (To nonreaders of the national language, “sana” is a wish word, as in “Sana I win the lottery with one ticket.”) “Sana” every...
