Who says fathers don 't deserve lengthy paid leaves like mothers? Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno takes up the cudgels for dads by filing House Bill (HB) No. 9891, or the aptly named Paternity and Parental Leave Act (PAPA Leave Act). The measure--if and when enacted--expands leave benefits...
Solid North Party-list Rep. Ching Bernos hailed the government’s launch of a scholarship program for aspiring teachers, which she said would help attract the best minds to the teaching profession. The Department of Education (DepEd)-Teacher Education Council and Commission on Higher Education’s...
A ranking congressman is pushing for a House inquiry into the government’s actions against schistosomiasis or “snail fever"--a long-neglected disease that continues to ravage poor farmers, fisherfolk, and their family members in provinces across the Visayas and Mindanao. “Schistosomiasis is...
Tingog Party-list Representative Jude Acidre pushed for stronger reintegration laws for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) so that they can come home to the Philippines with real opportunities. Acidre said it is imperative that the govvernment honor OFWs, not only as modern-day heroes, but as...
House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs Chairperson and AGIMAT Party-list Rep. Bryan Revilla couldn 't help but recall on Sunday, June 7 some words of wisdom from his grandfather, the late senator Ramon Revilla Sr. as he addressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Speaking at the opening...
The confluence of negative economic developments that have sticken the Philippines is giving Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal feelings of doom and gloom. As such, Nazal prodded the government to undertake "urgent action", and told it that it "cannot afford to be complacent and...
For Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal, the Department of Trade and Industry 's (DTI) decision to scrap its plan to require permits for online businesses that want to engage in advertisements or promotions averted what could have been a potential death blow to many micro,...
For Murang Kuryente Party-list Rep. Arthur Yap, the root cause of the recent rotating brownouts is simple: inadequate power supply. This was highlighted by Yap during the joint hearing of the House Committees on Energy and on Legislative Franchises Tuesday, May 26, on the back-to-back tripping of...
Former senator Francis "Tol" Tolentino’s appointment as the new Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) secretary drew both praise and relief from House of Representatives members. The praise part came from Cavite 1st district Rep. Jolo Revilla, chairman of the House Committee on Labor and...
The outspoken Akbayan Party-list Rep. Peri Cendaña finds Senator Robin Padilla 's actions and utterances about the "wanted" Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa downright amusing. “Imbes na maging palusot, nagmistulang confession ang pahayag ni Sen. Robin (Instead of being an excuse, Senator...
Murang Kuryente Party-list Rep. Arthur Yap played a key role in strengthening the proposed KALINGA Act on Wednesday, May 20 by ensuring the inclusion of concrete, consumer-focused interventions aimed at delivering immediate relief to Filipinos. The KALINGA Act--a pet measure of the House...
Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima has had enough of ticket scalpers, who suck a lot of the fun away from Filipinos ' participation in events such as concerts and sports spectacles. It is for this reason that De Lima filed House Bill (HB) No. 9171, which sought to protect...
