ACT CIS Partylist Rep. Rowena Niña Taduran called on the Inter-agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) and the Department of Health to observe the practice of other countries in easing travel restrictions for returning Filipino who are fully vaccinated. Taduran said IATF and DOH...
Lawmakers on Monday, June 14 grilled Department of Education officials for their alleged refusal to comply with the law that withdrew from the department the responsibility of procuring and developing books. DepEd has continued to take charge of book procurement even as the agency absorbed public...
The House Committee on Ways and Means has approved the measure that seeks to put a stop to a government policy imposing higher tax on private schools and hospitals. Committee chairman and Albay Representative Joel Salceda presided over the panel meeting that approved the consolidation of House...
Speaking Out Ignacio R. Bunye Hitting the jackpot, winning the lotto or receiving a huge inheritance could be both a boon and a bane. We have heard of real life stories of instant millionaires eventually ending up poorer than when they started. Growing up in Muntinlupa in the 50s, I heard a famous...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In our previous column, we said we experienced up close some of the most devastating wars in the world. The first was the Pacific War and the subsequent invasion of Manila by Japan in 1941 when we were five years old, and then the Vietnam...
As heroes paid for our freedom with their hard work and sacrifices, Filipinos must work hard to create a better nation for generations that follow, House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Saturday said . Speaker Lord Allan Velasco3 ‘’As we commemorate the 123rd anniversary of the Proclamation of...
House deputy speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Representative Rufus Rodriguez on Saturday, June 12, said the Supreme Court’s (SC) self-imposed deadline of two years to resolve pending cases would result in speedy case disposition and dispensation of justice. rufus rodriguez-facebook “I laud Chief...
Albay Representative Joey Salceda on Saturday, June 12, said the essence of independence is the power to dream and achieve them. ‘’For me, we are not yet free -- from the pandemic of poverty, pandemic of low expectations of what our nation can accomplish. Filipinos continue to struggle for...
The promotion of cultural heritage and natural sites in Bulacan is seen as essential in reviving the province's tourism industry, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said. A TRIVIA FROM SEC BERNA— DOT Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat delivers her message in front of the Tecson House in San Miguel,...
Known for his distrust of the media, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday apologized to a Manila-based newspaper for undermining the veracity of its report on the 370 respirators which were left rotting at the warehouse of the Department of Health (DOH) in the middle of the...
The chairman of the House Committee on Good Government on Thursday, June 10 condemned the killing of promising footballer Kieth Absalon and his cousin, Nolven Absalon, even as he urged the family and friends of the victims to reject as “grossly insufficient” the offer of apology and...
Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City Rep. Camille Villar on Wednesday, June 9 underscored the importance of launching the anti-COVID-19 vaccination for the country’s essential workers. Villar said Las Pinas City has started jabs for essential workers or individuals tagged under the A4 category,...
