(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee says the Marcos administration can still reduce retail prices of rice to as low as P20 per kilo through sheer subsidization by the government. "Food security is a national security...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The judiciary is seeking an additional P6.7 billion for its budget next year, members of the House Committee on Appropriations learned on Thursday, Aug. 31. The judiciary made its...
PNP members (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) There are way fewer police officers involved in shenanigans and abuses this year compared to last year. Thus, said Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Benjamin Acorda Jr. during the 2024 budget...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez led on Wednesday, Aug. 31 the distribution of financial aid to some 2,000 drivers and student-beneficiaries in Malolos, Bulacan. Speaker Romualdez, head of the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Education (DepEd) has committed to support a proposal to increase the salary of public school teachers, should there be one. "Definitely we will be supporting the proposal for increasing [salary of] teachers, but is has to...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (left), PCO Secretary Cheloy Garafil (Screenshots from Facebook live) Makabayan bloc member Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas gave some rare words of praise on Tuesday, Aug. 29 to Malacañang's...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) Amid rising prices of rice, a neophyte congressman filed a bill that would brand as "economic sabotage" under certain circumstances the hoarding of rice and corn. Lodged before the House...
Vice President Sara Duterte found an ally amid a lawmaker's call for impeachment against her as the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) questioned the motive of the ACT Teachers party-list in wanting to oust the second highest official of the country. NTF-ELCAC...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) True to his words, House Deputy Speaker and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo has filed House Bill (HB) No.8898, which seeks to repeal the much-panned Downstream Oil Industry...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Rep. Salo's office) A solon who works closely with overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is pursuing the passage of the proposed Magna Carta of Filipino Migrant Workers. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo, chairman of...
(Unsplash) Where will the Department of Agriculture (DA) spend its P50-million confidential fund under their 2024 budget? In the fight against agricultural smuggling. DA officials gave this answer during the agency's recent hearing on their proposed budget for next...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan (Facebook) If he would have his way, House Minority Leader Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan would include the first ever Luzon-Visayas crossing bridge under the government's Mega...
