The Las Piñas City government conducted a lecture on safe motherhood and mini Buntis Congress on Aug. 1 to share the importance of having regular pre-natal check-up during pregnancy. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the Safe Motherhood Advocacy lecture and Mini Buntis Congress were conducted by members...
House majority leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe announced on Monday night, Aug. 1 the third batch of committee chairmanship designations in the ongoing 19th Congress. Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Facebook) Dalipe made an omnibus motion to designate 18...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman, the first transgender person to be elected to the Philippine House of Representatives, has been designated as chairperson of the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality. Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman (congress.gov.ph) Roman was among the...
The House of Representatives, on Monday, Aug. 1, adopted House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 2 which expresses the lower chamber’s support for the Marcos Administration’s Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF). The House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Read:...
On top of the mandated 13th month pay, Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has filed a bill that, if enacted, would direct both public and private sector employers to give their employees a 14th month pay, regardless of the beneficiary’s status of employment. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (photo...
A big part of a congressman's work is to respond to the specific concerns of the people in his or her particular district or sector. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Facebook) Presidential son and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos is very much aware of this dynamic; in fact,...
Schools will be compelled to include “urban agriculture, agricultural entrepreneurship and economy” in their academic curriculum if a lawmaker’s proposed measure becomes a law. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) House Bill (HB) No. 2072 aims to mandate the teaching and...
Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel recently went on a selfie spree during the opening week of the 19th Congress. (Facebook) Pimentel, a senior Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) stalwart, ran into new and old faces alike in his return to Batasang Pambansa Complex...
Aklan 2nd district Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr. has expressed support for neophyte lawmaker Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos who was recently elected House senior deputy majority leader. Rep. Haresco (congress.gov.ph) Marcos, a first-time lawmaker, was given the plum post in the House of...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has promised to push for increased financial subsidies for victims of natural disasters in the 2023 annual budget. (Photo from Gabriela Women's Party-list Facebook) “In the upcoming budget deliberations, we will definitely push for more budget for...
'TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino The Senate of the Philippines officially held the First Regular Session of the 19th Congress on July 25, 2022. The 24 senators formally convened in the Senate’s Plenary Hall. During the latter part of the 18th Congress, for health and safety reasons, the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has identified the eight measures out of the 19 enumerated by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. that can be swiftly approved via a special rule in the lower chamber. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (2nd from left) looks at President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos...
