A congresswoman is all for the nationwide imposition of a curfew for minors to prevent lawless elements from using them in committing crimes. (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) In House Bill 1016, or the proposed “National Curfew Act,” Deputy Minority Leader Bernadette Herrera of the Bagong...
As far as Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is concerned, the public support that the movie "Maid in Malacañang" is enjoying is merely "manufactured". Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel The neophyte solon made this claim Thursday morning, Aug. 4, during the weekly press conference of the...
Providing an official residence for vice presidents will save the government rental costs in the long run, Vice President Sara Duterte’s spokesman said on Thursday, Aug. 4. Vice Presidential Spokesman Reynold Munsayac speaks during a press conference in Pasig City on Thursday, August 4, 2022....
Saying that the country’s second-highest official should have a permanent venue to call his or her workplace, a congresswoman on Wednesday, Aug. 3, expressed support for Vice President Sara Duterte’s intention to find a permanent official residence befitting her post. media Kusug Tausug...
Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has filed a bill that, if enacted, would make life difficult for so-called "political turncoats" or "political butterflies". (Sonika Agarwal/ Unsplash) Arroyo, a former president and House Speaker, filed House Bill (HB)...
"Good Samaritans" or persons who rendered volunteer work during emergencies must be protected by law from reprisal. (Jackson David/ Unsplash) With this reasoning, Tingog Party-list Reps. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre filed in the ongoing 19th Congress House Bill (HB) No.1949, or the...
A party-list congressman has highlighted the need to immediately create a national task force as the country reported its first case of the moneypox virus. (Image courtesy of World Health Organization) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee sought the urgent creation of the task force to monitor the...
AGRI Partylist Rep., Wilbert T. Lee, called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to prioritize farmers and fisherfolks as eligible beneficiaries in the Department’s move to accommodate new recipients of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). In line with the DSWD’s...
The national government must enforce a price freeze on essential goods in areas declared to be under a state of calamity in the wake of the magnitude 7 earthquake that shook northern Luzon on Wednesday. (Eduardo Soares/ Unsplash) Thus, said Pinuno Party-list Rep. Howard Guintu who cited a provision...
Party-list lawmakers have mobilized their local volunteer networks and partners in areas hit by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake to bring aid as they also called on the lower House and government agencies to pass measures that would help the victims get back on their feet. A man takes a photo of a...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 25, 2022. (Noel Pabalate) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee lauded Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. for prioritizing the agriculture sector in his State of the Nation Address on July 25. “Agriculture is a...
More lawmakers have revealed the items they wished President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. can tick off when he delivers his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 25, at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Among the...
