The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) warned against any form of violence against women (VAW) amid the election period. (Unsplash) “Election season or not, women should not be targets of misogynistic, malicious, or sexist maneuvers. The PCW reminds everyone that violence against women, in all...
Senatorial candidate Joseph Victor “JV’ Ejercito said he is glad to have fulfilled two of his advocacies on youth development with the passage of the Free Education Law and the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Reform Law when he was a senator. “At least for my youth advocacies, I guess I have...
Mechanical, unreasonable, and counter-productive. This is how the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (DepEd) described the latest directive of the Department of Education (DepEd) mandating the 100 percent onsite reporting of public school teachers in areas under Alert Level 1. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE...
Re-electionist Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday expressed confidence that two landmark bills that he have relentlessly pushed hard to be approved would soon be signed into law. Gatchalian is referring to the bill providing for a national energy policy and regulatory framework for the use of...
State economic managers have lauded Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon for his major contribution in the passage of three key economic reform laws that are seen to hasten the country’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. In a letter signed by Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez, Trade...
Former Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Sunday said the government should consider utilizing the unused budget of underspending government agencies to fund the country’s healthcare programs. In a press briefing in Sorsogon, Ejercito said the national government should consider this move...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday expressed his disappointment at newly-appointed Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Abdulla Mama-o over what he said is his erroneous interpretation of Republic Act No. 11641 to serve his own interest. Drilon criticized Mama-o, who was...
Re-electionist Senator Richard J, Gordon on Thursday, April 7 strongly condemned the shooting of lawyer Joseph Zapata of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Pasay city last Monday. ‘’When is this vicious cycle of violence going to ever end? Riding-in-tandem criminals...
Teachers, who are members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), on Wednesday, April 6, flocked to the Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros, Manila to press the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for a dialogue in order to address their issues and concerns as Board of Election Inspectors...
Twelve minors, who the police said are victims of trafficking, were rescued by authorities in Taguig City on April 5. They were rescued at about 1:45 p.m. by personnel of the Philippine National Police’s Women and Children Protection Center-Transnational Crime Investigation Task Force...
The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) and its Women Sectoral Council signed a partnership program with the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) as it aims to implement a Multi-stakeholders Conference on Gender and Development and assess the implementation of the anti-Violence against Women...
Former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano led the filing Thursday, March 31 of a bill that would institutionalize his earlier proposal of requiring different government agencies to set aside five percent in budgetary savings for the proverbial "rainy days". (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
