Malacañang said that while President Duterte has not yet taken a position on the issue, the government has the authority to require vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as part of its police power. File photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement in his Monday...
Leaders of opposition and administration blocs in the House of Representatives are not buying the gag order imposed on spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) as a way of sparing the agency from getting defunded. Deputy Speaker and Manila Rep....
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We are delighted that our son, Congressman Christopher de Venecia, spearheaded the restoration of the home economics building of our old school, the Dagupan Elementary School, now West Central Elementary School, which served as the brief...
Albay Representative Joey Sarte Salceda has filed House Bill No. 9214, or the Budget Modernization Bill, a priority of the economic managers of the Duterte administration. The bill, which contains the administration’s version of the budget reform, sets the ground rules for the use and allocation...
Actress-host Camille Prats proudly shared a glimpse of their soon-to-be finished new home on social media. In the caption, the 35-year-old shared it is now in the final stages of construction. "FINISHING stage = the most exciting and nakaka-nerbyos part that tests your EQ. Haaaay, the...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Three days from now, on April 21, we will preside at the meeting of the 39-member standing committee of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), which we will do so from our respective homes or offices in different...
A bill seeking to distribute financial and production support amounting to P15,000 to at least one million small fisherfolks in the country has been filed in Congress. This, as the income of small fishermen already went down to as low as P150 per fishing trip more than a year into the pandemic. In...
National government agencies (NGAs) as well as local government units (LGUs) have been prodded to lead the way in complying with the mandated energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) roadmap and standards being cast for the country....
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Since the onslaught of the Coronavirus pandemic in our country early last year, we have lost relatives, old friends, and former colleagues in the House of Representatives either due to COVID-19 or to other causes. We earlier mentioned in...
The new collection celebrates Kenzo Takada, carrying his vision in a contemporary approach ODE TO TAKADA Kenzo creative director Felipe Bautista's current collection is 'an offering to Kenzo of all things he cherished.' The fashion world was taken aback by the passing of Kenzo Takada on Oct. 4 last...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In a move to halt the skyrocketing cases of COVID-19 in France, President Emmanuel Macron reimposed a (third) lockdown, throughout the country for at least a month. As of March 31, there have been some 4.56 million confirmed cases of...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The mounting violence and racism against Asian Americans, including Filipinos, in various parts of the US are deeply troubling. Reports said that from March 2020 to February 2021, some 3,800 incidents of physical assault, verbal...
