The Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments has recommended the refiling in the 19th Congress of a bill seeking the mandatory registration of subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to contain the spread of false information and injury on social media. The recommendation was contained in a...
House Ways and Means Committee chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has vowed to push for the Budget Reform Act in the upcoming 19th Congress. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) “I will refile the bill, hopefully with enhancements from the incoming finance and budget...
Allan S Cabanlong, ASEAN Eng. The Republic Act 11659 or the “Act Amending Commonwealth Act No.146, otherwise known as the Public Service Act,” was recently passed into law, allowing up to 100% foreign ownership of three primary public services (telecommunications, airline, and railways) in the...
The Senate has approved a report recommending that social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Tiktok be held accountable for the spread of disinformation. Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate committee on constitutional amendments and revision of codes, drafted the...
President Duterte doubled the incentives of the medalists in the recent 31st Southeast Asian Games as an expression of recognition and gratitude for their efforts. Efren “Bata” Reyes, right, receives the Order of Lapu-Lapu award from President Duterte during the Philippine Team’s courtesy...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 1834, or the Philippine Digital Workforce Competitiveness Act, which aims to prepare the Filipino workforce for the jobs of the future through education and training on digital skills. Senator Joel Villanueva, principal author and...
One notable law signed by President Rodrigo R. Duterte early this month is Republic Act No. 11765, otherwise known as the Financial Products and Services Consumer Protection Act (FCPA), which gave three financial regulators the power to speed up addressing consumers’ complaints against financial...
The top ranked partylist organization in the recently held elections will get the maximum three seats in the House of Representatives (HOR), a Commission on Elections (Comelec) official disclosed Tuesday, May 17. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia speaks at a press briefing of the Comelec...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) released the partial and official results for the partylist poll on Monday, May 16, with the Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support Partylist (ACT-CIS) leading the pack with 2,102,828 votes. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc...
Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support Partylist (ACT-CIS) still garnered the highest number of votes in the partial and official results of the canvassing for the partylist race of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday, May 15. (Courtesy of Comelec / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support Partylist (ACT-CIS) remained on top of the partylist race based on the results of the partial and official canvassing of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday night, May 13. Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan presides over the...
Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support Partylist (ACT-CIS) seized the top spot in the partylist race based on the partial and official tally of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) released on Thursday, May 12. ACT-CIS PARTYLIST (Courtesy of ACT-CIS Facebook page) ACT-CIS...
