The progressive Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives filed a resolution calling for the “urgent revocation” of the resolutions designating leftist organizations and their armed wing as terrorists and urged the government to resume peace talks thereafter. Gabriela Women’s Party Rep....
The chairman of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs favored the temporary suspension of deployment of first-time and newly-hired domestic workers to Kuwait, which the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced Wednesday, Feb. 8. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left) and OFW...
The measure seeking to grant indigent job applicants a 20 percent discount when paying fees and charges for certain government certificates and clearances has moved forward in the House of Representatives. 1-PACMAN Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero (Facebook) This, after the 1-PACMAN Party-list Rep....
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon has welcomed Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.’s clarification Tuesday, Feb. 7 that the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program can't cure mental health issues. P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon (Facebook)...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Baby boomers like me should consider themselves lucky for having had the opportunity to see and experience how communications have evolved in the last 50 years. It is fascinating to think of the communication technologies and facilities available to Filipinos during the...
Did Erwin Tulfo foreshadow a full-time return to ACT-CIS Party-list? Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) Last week, Tulfo posted on Facebook pictures of himself participating in what appeared to be an outreach program of the popular party-list. "MASARAP PONG BALIKAN ANG IYONG PINAGMULAN (It feels good to go...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has thanked local shipowners for committing to accommodate cadets for their shipboard training, free of charge. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Rob Salo (Facebook) “One of the biggest concerns facing our maritime students is their failure to undergo shipboard training....
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon couldn't help but voice out her concern regarding Malacañang's recent announcement that it had approved the creation of a Water Resource Management Office (WRMO). P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon (Facebook) For Guanzon, such office runs the risk of...
New York-based Soleil Chartered Bank (SCB) is denying it issued a bank certification to a local firm that was procured by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) to be its third party auditor to handle financial matters of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). SCB issued the...
A recent backlash on a fast food restaurant’s advertisement sparked conversations on how the Philippines still has “a lot more to do” when it comes to portraying women in media. The advertisement at issue was published by Subway Philippines, a multinational fast food franchise that...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is asking the Marcos administration to declare a mental health emergency in the country as a way to address the unprecedented number of suicides and attempted suicides among Filipino youth the past year. (Unsplash) In a statement Thursday, Feb. 2, Kabataan...
OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa Magsino wants the House of Representatives to look into the state of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who have been placed on "death row" or those facing capital punishment in other countries. (Ye Jinghan/ Unsplash) For this purpose, Magsino authored and filed House...
