A two-month prison term and a minimum fine of P100,000 will be imposed on hoarders of vaccines and persons administering unauthorized vaccine shots once a bill criminalizing said acts is passed into law. Virus vaccine Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas filed House Bill 10106 or the Anti-Vaccine...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Tuesday, August 31 said the unanimous passage of a bill granting tax exemptions on incentives, rewards and bonuses given to national athletes is the House of Representatives’ way of showing the gratitude of Filipinos to them. House of Representatives plenary 2 The...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III need not worry about being detained for contempt during a Senate or House of Representatives investigation. President Duterte gestures during his "Talk to the People" public briefing on late Tuesday night, Aug. 31, 2021 (Screenshot from...
The House of Representatives has approved 11 priority bills listed by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC), Majority Leader Martin G. Romualdez said Friday, August 27. House of Representatives The priority measures under LEDAC’s common legislative agenda (CLA) ok’d by...
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) was again put in the spotlight as lawmakers questioned Thursday, August 26, the necessity of increasing its funds amid the persisting problem of COVID-19. Gabriela Women's Party Representative Arlene Brosas, during the hybrid...
The House of Representatives' Committee on Appropriations began on Thursday, August 26, its deliberation on the P5.024-trillion proposed national budget for 2022. House of Representatives The committee's budget hearings kicked off with a briefing from the Development Budget Coordination Committee...
The Lower House's deliberations on the 2022 national budget won’t be delayed by the adverse findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) against various government agencies, the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations assured on Wednesday, August 25. Committee Chairman and ACT-CIS...
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill that proposes an efficient procedure in determining a nuisance candidate and imposing stiffer penalties on violators for making a mockery of the integrity of elections. Comelec Logo With 196 affirmative votes and zero negative,...
The proposed Hidilyn Diaz Act easily hurdled second reading passage in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, August 24. Hidilyn Diaz 2 House Bill 9990 seeks to clarify all laws on the imposition of taxes for bonuses, rewards, donations, gifts and other forms of emoluments granted to national...
The House of Representatives has provided another way for Filipinos to earn millions of pesos even without winning a gold medal in Olympic Games. House of Representatives plenary On Monday, August, 23, the legislative chamber gave its unanimous nod to the final reading approval of a bill that will...
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on final reading a bill that provides for nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:10 and mandates additional protection and development of the nursing profession in the country. Nurses in PPE House Bill No. 9389 or the New Philippine Nursing Practice Act...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque took a jab at the militant Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives for claiming that the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) received an illegal fund transfer from the Department of the Interior and Local Government...
