President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is nursing a cold as temperature in Brussels, Belgium dropped to as low as minus 3 degrees. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. attends the ASEAN-EU Business Summit in Brussels, Belgium on Dec. 13, 2022. (Malacañang Photo) This was disclosed by his...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez is leaving it up to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on whether or not the latter will certify the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) as an urgent piece of legislation. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr....
A neophyte congressman has underscored the importance of the Revised National Apprenticeship Program Bill, which was one of the 13 priority measures approved by the House of Representatives on Monday, Dec. 12. Quezon City 5th district Rep. PM Vargas (Facebook) The measure is contained in House Bill...
Taking the cue from lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic, the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Dec. 13, passed on the third and final reading a proposed measure that will establish the Health Emergency Auxiliary Reinforcement Team (HEART) under the Department of Health (DoH) to augment...
The proposed Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Act was approved on third and final reading on Monday, Dec. 12, by the House of Representatives. (Photo from DPWH) The measure, embodied in House Bill (HB) No. 6527, gained the chamber’s final approval with 254-3 votes from the House members. This was...
Anti-smuggling advocates lauded the approval on third and final reading by the House of Representatives of a bill seeking to declare as economic sabotage the smuggling of cigarettes and other tobacco products. “The approval of House Bill 3917 is a welcome development in this time that the country...
In one of the busiest one-day sessions in recent memory, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading Monday, Dec. 12, a total of 13 bills identified as priority measures by the Marcos administration. (MANILA BULLETIN) The 13 measures were earlier included in the Common...
The powerful House Committee on Appropriations, which handles and approves the country’s national budget, has approved the budget provisions of the substitute bill, subject to amendments, that would create a National Citizens Service Training Program (NCST) in all public and private tertiary...
The push to legalize and regulate motorcycle taxis has formally begun in the House of Representatives. Antipolo 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop (Facebook) This, after the House Committee on Transportation chaired by Antipolo 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop tackled in a hearing on Monday, Dec. 12 several...
The proposed Real Property Valuation and Assessment Reform Act--one of the priority legislative measures President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. mentioned in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA)--has been approved on third and final reading by the House of Representatives. (Ellson...
There is chorus of support from the House of Representatives for the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), and the voices are coming from different ends of the political spectrum. Clockwise: PBA Party-list Rep. Migs Nograles, Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio Gonzales, Quezon 1st district Rep. Mark...
Another priority measure of the Marcos administration--the proposed Magna Carta for Barangay Health Workers (BHWs)--was unanimously approved on third and final reading on Monday by the House of Representatives. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on third...