The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) must double down on its promise to recommend an increase to the Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) in 2027. Thus, said Makabayan solon ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio, who tried to gain a solid commitment from DBM Acting Secretary Kim...
A member of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Nuclear Energy welcomed President Marcos ' call to revisit nuclear energy production as a way to boost the country’s energy security and reduce rising electricity costs. “The effect of the Middle East conflict to our country only...
Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña said he was looking at possible legal action against the individuals behind the recent online attacks that poked fun at his physical condition. Cendeña made this revelation in an emotionally-charged Facebook post wherein he slammed the "dehumanizing" drawing...
House Assistant Majority Leader Zamboanga City 1st district Rep. Katrina Chua-Tai is seeking a congressional probe on the circumstances regarding the deadly Ateneo de Zamboanga University shooting, which has rocked her home city as well as the entire nation. Chua-Tai filed House Resolution (HR) No....
Members of the House of Representatives have expressed great concern over the deadly school shooting in Zambonga City on Tuesday morning, Aug. 18, especially since it continues the spate of violence in the country 's learning institutions. Akbayan Party-list Rep. Dadah Kiram Ismula says the...
TRABAHO Party-List Rep. Johanne Bautista and Albay 2nd district Rep. Carlos Loria were elected chairperson of the Committee on Social Services and chairperson of the Special Committee on Persons with Disability, respectively, as part of the ongoing reshuffle of leadership posts in the House of...
Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal has vowed to fight for a bigger discount on pre-employment documents for indigent jobseekers, even as a relevant House bill is being endorsed to plenary. Following the approval by the House Committee on Ways and Means of House Bill (HB) No. 8413,...
Murang Kuryente Party-list Rep. Arthur Yap hailed the committee-level approval of the proposed Philippine Strategic Petroleum Reserve (PSPR) Act, which he described as a necessary step toward strengthening the country’s energy security. “This is not simply about building more storage facilities...
PHILRECA Party-list Rep. Presley de Jesus has placed the onus on the Department of Energy (DOE) to end its habit of allowing generation companies to build power plants wherever they choose. This, as De Jesus cited in a recent House Committee on Energy hearing that strategic siting near existing...
Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno has resparked efforts in the House of Representatives to institutionalize an artificial intelligence (AI) governance framework by filing a related bill to start the second regular session. Diokno introduced House Bill (HB) No. 10362 or the proposed AI Governance...
APEC Party-list Rep. Sergio Dagooc has blasted the Department of Energy (DOE) as well as the power generation sector over the "insulting" misnomer that is "line rental". In a hearing of the House Committee on Energy on Wednesday, Aug. 5, Dagooc called out DOE officials and told them to revisit its...
Moved by the bullying endured by a special needs student, Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal is pushing for the institutionalization of stronger, responsive and more pro-active mechanisms to combat bullying in educational institutions. Nazal, an assistant minority leader in the...
