Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno is proposing an excise tax freeze on petroleum products in view of the soaring fuel prices that resulted from the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s campaign team) Diokno, a senatorial aspirant, cited the law allowing the...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday, March 9 suggested the simplification of election laws, taking into account jurisprudence which interprets the current provisions of a law. Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III Pimentel made the suggestion as the Senate committee on electoral...
Following the “biggest oil price hike” in the country since the implementation of 1998 Oil Deregulation Law, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Tuesday, March 8, reiterated its call for salary increase amid the rising inflation and urged the national government to implement measures...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday reminded that the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has the prerogative to suspend the collection of fuel excise taxes under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law to cushion the impact of the...
The government’s fuel subsidy program is the best solution to the problem caused by successive fuel price hikes. House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco had this to say Monday, March 7, the same day that the chamber's Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee convened for the first time in order to discuss relief...
Senator Richard Gordon welcomed on Monday, March 7 the signing by President Duterte of a law that defines the crime of statutory rape and other acts of sexual abuse, as well as raises the age of sexual consent from 12 to 16. Gordon, chairman of the Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee, called...
President Duterte has signed into law a measure raising the minimum age of sexual consent from 12 to 16 years old. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang File Photo) Malacañang on Monday, March 7, released the signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11648 or an "Act Providing for Stronger Protection...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas slammed the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) slow rollout of the fuel subsidies meant for farmers, and called on the national government to address the rapidly increasing prices of oil. (Photo from Gabriela Women's Party-list Facebook) “Lahat ng...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Sunday questioned the sudden change in leadership happening at the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech), the key agency leading the implementation of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) program of the government, saying...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday called for the full implementation of Republic Act No. 11053 or the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018 which is necessary to bring swift justice to victims of hazing. Gatchalian made the call as he commended the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 11 for rejecting the 10...
SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija--Presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao on Friday, March 4 underscored the need for government to increase funding assistance to rice farmers, but also urged officials to ensure that loopholes for corruption are plugged. Senator Manny Pacquiao and wife...
President Duterte has signed the measure that amends the country's Foreign Investments Act, thereby easing rules on foreign businesses in the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang file photo) A copy of Republic Act (RA) No. 11647 showed that the President signed the amendments on...
