Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Facebook) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo says the Department of Health (DOH) must prioritize hiring nursing licensure examination passers over non-passers amid plans to tap the latter due to the sheer shortage of personnel in government hospitals. In a recent...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Facebook) The tragic story of a young woman who died in a road accident pushed AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee into filing House Bill (HB) No.8498 late last month. The bill is titled, "An Act increasing the Compulsory Third Party Liability Insurance for...
(Unsplash) Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes is on board with the Department of Finance's (DOF) push to increase the tax levied on junk food and sweetened beverages as a way to address diseases arising from poor diet. Reyes, a rookie congressman, has already filed a measure to achieve this in...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez (center) Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez led on Thursday, June 22 the distribution of cash aid worth P3,000 to each of 1,000 beneficiaries from Quezon City's 6th district. Romualdez, chairperson of House Committee on Accounts, helped...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Nearly 10 million small farmers and fisherfolks in the country will enjoy lifetime pensions if and when this House bill from two Bicol lawmakers get enacted. Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan and Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte jointly filed in the...
Rowena Guanzon and Vice President Sara Duterte (Twitter, Facebook) Proud kakampink Rowena Guanzon wrote a supportive tweet for Vice President Sara Duterte after learning one of the latter's advocacies. Guanzon, a P3PWD Party-list nominee, found out that Duterte was a backer of the Sexual...
(Tingog Party-list) Congressmen from Mandaluyong City and Quezon City expressed their gratitude to Tingog Party-list and Speaker Martin Romualdez for facilitating the release of cash aid or "ayuda" to victims of recent fire incidents in their respective areas. Thanking Tingog and the office of the...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) The spate of fatal and at times gruesome vehicular accidents in the country has pushed AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee to highlight the call for an increase in the Compulsory Third Party Liability Insurance (CTPLI) for commercial vehicles....
(Unsplash) The threat of dengue fever remains a serious threat that shouldn't be ignored. For this reason, AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes stressed the importance of promoting early consultations to help curb the rising cases of dengue fever in the country. "Malaking bagay po ang proper...
(Unsplash) A measure filed in the 19th Congress seeks to put an end to office bullying, which has been described as a longtime problem. ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Jocelyn Tulfo and Quezon City 2nd district Rep. Ralph Tulfo filed House Bill (HB) No.8446 or the proposed Anti-Bullying in the Workplace...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Manila Electric Company (Meralco), which distributes power to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), ought to exercise “extraordinary diligence” in rendering its services to the country's main gateway. Thus, said Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (left) and the late former senator Rodolfo Biazon (Rep. Libanan's office) House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan (2nd from right), with former senator Rodolfo “Pong” Biazon (2nd from left), at...
