The House Committee on Labor and Employment will discuss on Wednesday, July 21, a legislative proposal seeking to extend the maximum period of probationary employment from six months to 24 months amid appeals from employers for more government support amid the devastating economic effects of the...
The House Committee on Disaster Resiliency has strongly endorsed the passage of the bill providing for mandatory nationwide simultaneous earthquake and emergency preparedness drill. Earthquake drill online Chaired by Leyte 4th District Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez, House Bill 9806 has been submitted to...
Some 16 local and foreign business groups have strongly urged for the immediate enactment of the proposed Financial Consumer Protection (FCP) Act, which seeks to protect consumers amidst the growing complexity in financial services, especially digital services. In a statement the business group...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The Asian, European, African, Latin American, Australian, and US parliaments could organize a program and send delegations to the North Korea legislature, their Ministers of Agriculture and Tourism might interact with their North Korean...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymun "LRay" Villafuerte on Saturday, July 17, welcomed the creation of the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) Task Force that would pursue the implementation of a ₱24-billion wage subsidy program for private sector workers. Camaarines Sur 2nd District...
(PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday, July 16, officially launched the "How Safe is My House?" mobile application--an easy-to-use tool for evaluating the safety and vulnerability of one- to two-story concrete hollow block structures to strong...
The House Committee on Energy on Friday, July 16 approved a bill that seeks to fully develop the Philippine downstream natural gas industry and consolidate all laws relating to the transmission, distribution and the supply of natural gas. Natural gas Malampaya Authored by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco...
The House of Representatives launched on Wednesday, July 14 a website that will serve as the public guide in verifying vital information about President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA). Speaker Lord Allan Velasco- coat and tie Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez has filed a resolution seeking to honor the soldiers who died in the July 4 Air Force C-130 plane crash in Sulu. Calling them “fallen heroes,” Rodriguez, in his House Resolution No. 1957, said the soldiers deserve to be honored as one because they were...
As COVID-19 still persists in the Philippines, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is considering to only allow one voter at a time in each polling precinct on May 9, 2022. Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez disclosed...
Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan on Monday, July 12, stressed the need of electing the "right" representatives for Filipinos to prevent a repeat of the closure of giant broadcast network ABS-CBN. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Pangilinan called on voters to choose...
Widowed after assassins executed her husband three years ago, a congresswoman claimed on Monday, July 12 that she has become the latest target of an assassination plot to be carried out by a “gun-for-hire” group operating in La Union. Gun .45 caliber Rep. Sandra Eriguel (Second District, La...
