House lawmakers on Wednesday grilled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on why it accepted funding from the Bloomberg external international groups, in exchange for the issuance of pre-defined policies against the tobacco industry, which is prohibited under the law. During the House Committee...
Kabataan Partylist Rep. Sara Jane Elago on Tuesday, June 8, said she is supporting an “independent and thorough investigation” into the death of Kieth Absalon, an outstanding football player of the FEU Tamaraws, who died following a bomb blast in his hometown in Masbate. Also killed in the...
President Duterte will welcome the advice of former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano on not running as vice president in next year’s polls, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, June 8. President Rodrigo Duterte and Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano (Malacañang/PCOO)...
Maguindanao 2nd District Representative Esmael "Toto" Mangudadatu is pushing that all local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines be required to allocate suitable land spaces for the establishment of public cemeteries for Filipino Muslims. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) In filing on Monday, June...
The House of Representatives on Monday, June 6 honored the late former Occidental Mindoro Rep. Amelita Calimbas-Villarosa, the first woman deputy speaker of the chamber, in necrological services held at the Batasan Pambansa plenary hall. Villarosa, former executive vice president of Lakas-Christian...
Deputy House Speaker Representative Rufus Rodriguez is pushing for a bill that would clarify an existing provision on tax perks granted to educational institutions under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) law which the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) allegedly...
ERC hints ‘pricing play’ The country’s giant power firms have been tagged as the culprits in last week’s rotational brownouts with “forced outages’ of their power plants going beyond the time allowance prescribed by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). In a Congressional hearing on...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Perhaps the confluence of time, circumstance, and geography brought this columnist into close contact with three of the most catastrophic wars in the world. The first was the Pacific War (1941 to 1945),which was ignited by the bombing of...
The Gaming House Poster Tier One Entertainment's search for the next truly top tier gaming icon in the country will begin soon and that could be you. Tier One co-founder and chief executive officer Tryke Gutierrez stressed that they will accommodate all types of gamers who will audition for one of...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund Villafuerte said Saturday, June 5, that the "lousy" working relationship of the House of Representatives with Malacañang and the Senate has led to the "fiasco" of the proposed third Bayanihan law "not likely to see the light of day". Villafuerte expressed...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) disclosed on Thursday, June 3, that it is nearly finished with the construction of a boat house facility in Surigao City which will safeguard its floating assets and help them respond to maritime emergency incidents in the area. In a statement, the PCG said its boat...
The House of Representatives has elected Paranaque City Rep. Joy Myra Tambunting a member of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET), replacing the late Antipolo City Rep. Resurreccion Acop. The Lower Chamber also elected on Wednesday, June 2 Probinsyano Ako Rep. Jose “Bonito”...
