Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Sarte Salceda on Saturday, May 15, said the House ways and means committee would focus on three key areas when the 18th Congress resumes regular session on Monday, May 17. House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Alvin Kasiban) These are the...
Presidential peace process adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. on Friday, May 14, warned legislators that pushing through with elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) next year could lead to more attacks and division among its residents. Presidential Peace Process Adviser...
The Duterte administration will revisit its medium-term macroeconomic targets and fiscal program next week following a worse-than-expected economic performance in the first-quarter. In a media advisory released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), it said the inter-agency Development...
The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms has approved the committee report on the substitute bill that seeks to strengthen the field offices of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). The draft substitute bill on House Bills Nos. 511, 1669, 4853, 4985, 5190, 5270, 5305, 5524, 5563, 5649...
The House Committee on Energy on Wednesday, May 12 approved the draft substitute bill on the proposed “Electric Vehicles Act” that seeks to promote the use of e-vehicles in the Philippines. The House energy panel, together with the House Committees on Ecology and Transportation, approved the...
The Senate labor committee wrapped up on Monday, May 10, its deliberation on the proposed creation of the Department for Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL). Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB/Henzberg Austria) Senator Joel Villanueva, committee...
Senators on Monday, May 10, quizzed Cabinet officials on the Duterte administration's push to create a Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL), now supposedly made more urgent by the COVID-19 pandemic. Overseas Filipino workers who were quarantined for weeks wait for flights back to their home...
Senator Pia Cayetano said it is high-time the government prioritizes investments in infrastructure for healthcare facilities to enable the Philippines cope with health emergency crisis like the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Cayetano, during the Senate Committee on Health and...
Fencing Confederation of Asia (FCA) president and former Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) chief Celso “Cito” Dayrit passed away Wednesday night, April 28, due to COVID-19. He was 69. Philippine Fencing Association (PFA) president Richard Gomez confirmed the passing of Dayrit, respected and...
The Philippine kickboxing team (MB Photo / Ali Vicoy) Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino announced there are three local government units (LGUs) offering assistance to national sports associations (NSAs) seeking bubble training for their athletes preparing for the 31 st...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino talks about the country’s campaigns in the Tokyo Olympics and the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games, respectively, with vaccines for COVID-19 coming its way when he appears as special guest in Tuesday’s Philippine...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) First Vice President Al Panlilio hopes athletes and coaches bound to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics late July would be vaccinated by next month. Panlilio, who heads the task force for vaccine procurement for athletes, said they are working with the International...
