Makabayan bloc lawmakers want to learn the circumstances behind the reported expiration last July of 4.2 million doses of the private sector’s Covid-19 vaccines worth P5.1 billion. Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE) Read:...
House officials led by Speaker Martin Romualdez discussed with Depaetment of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Thursday, Aug. 4 the Marcos administration’s Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF), which is seen to consolidate fiscal management and resource mobilization toward the fulfillment...
Several important posts in the ongoing 19th Congress were filled by the House of Representatives leadership during the plenary session on Wednesday night, Aug. 3. The House plenary (PPAB) These posts includes seats in the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) as well as the House of...
Pangasinan 5th district Rep. Ramon Guico Jr. wants to clear sidewalks of street vendors in a bid to improve conditions for pedestrian foot traffic. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The lawmaker filed House Bill (HB) 1252, otherwise known as the “Unobstructed Sidewalks Act", last July 5....
“Payag ba tayo na hulmahin ng social media ang ating mga values bilang mga Pilipino? Lalo na ang ating mga kabataan (Will we allow social media to mold our values as Filipinos? Especially that of our youth)?” Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Screencap from House of Representatives...
Pangasinan 2nd district Rep. Mark Cojuangco, in a privilege speech before the House plenary on Monday, Aug. 1, underscored the need to adopt nuclear power in the Philippines. Rep. Mark Cojuangco (Screengrab from House of Representatives livestream) Cojuango, in a speech explaining the urgency and...
The Philippines is monitoring developments with regard to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Asia amid warnings from China that its military will "not sit idly by" if the congresswoman pushes through with its rumored stopover in Taiwan, a self-governing island claimed by China as part of its...
The House of Representatives paid tribute on Monday night, Aug. 1 to the late former Camarines Sur 1st District Rep. Rolando “Nonoy” Andaya Jr., and highlighted just how special of a legislator and public servant he was. The late Camarines Sur 1st district Rep. Rolando Andaya (RMN DWNX Naga...
The House of Representatives, on Monday, Aug. 1, adopted House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 2 which expresses the lower chamber’s support for the Marcos Administration’s Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF). The House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Read:...
The House of Representatives has adopted House Resolution (HR) 120, which expressed the lower chamber's condolences to the bereaved family of former President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR). House Resolution 120 (Photos from House of Representatives Media Bureau) On Sunday, July 31, the 12th President of the...
On top of the mandated 13th month pay, Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has filed a bill that, if enacted, would direct both public and private sector employers to give their employees a 14th month pay, regardless of the beneficiary’s status of employment. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (photo...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri filed on Monday, Aug. 1 filed Senate Resolution (SR) No.72 expressing the profound sympathy and sincere condolences of the Senate on the death of former President Fidel Valdez Ramos, who is fondly referred to as FVR. Ramos, the 12th President of the...
