A victim of the recent floods in Bukidnon receives eggs and other food items during the opening of the community pantry on Saturday, July 8. (Bukidnon 2nd district Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores' office) Using funds received from the office of the House Speaker, Bukidnon 2nd district Rep. Jonathan...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) An "infuriated" Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas wants the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality to hold an investigation on the "sexy dance number" that took place during a recent National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) command...
Aklan 2nd district Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr. A congressman from the home province of Boracay has trumpeted the "many accomplishments" of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and its chief, Secretary Christina Frasco amid the "Love the Philippines" debacle. “The Department of Tourism has been making...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has challenged President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to prioritize the creation of a new and genuinely redistributive agrarian reform program. This, even as the Makabayan solon hailed Marcos for signing...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN) The signing of the New Agrarian Emancipation Act is a "defining moment" of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s first year in Malacañang. Thus, said Camarines Sur...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) The Department of Health (DOH) ought to seek and hire from a pool of over 120,000 licensed nurses who are believed to jobless, underemployed, or doing non-nursing jobs in order to address the shortage of nurses in Philippine government...
The Office of Vice President Sara Duterte (OVP) on Tuesday, July 4, replied to critics who are calling out its purchase of millions worth of items for satellite offices, which was recently flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) for deficiency in observing procurement processes. In a statement,...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), and Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Makabayan solon ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has called out the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for allegedly taking shortcuts in the lawful government procurement process. "We are deeply...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) The Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) should improve their service first before implementing a fare hike. This was Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte's simple retort to the train lines' administrators--the...
Love the Philippines logo ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has slammed the Department of Tourism's (DOT) "Love the Philippines" campaign, which she has claimed to have been plagiarized from a similar promotion used by Cyprus. "It is unacceptable for the Marcos government to resort to...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook, Screenshot from Zoom) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda took a dig at his province-mate, 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman, over the latter's apparent dismissal of his comments on the Department of...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Camarines Sur 3rd district Rep. Gabriel Bordado Jr. is prodding President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to focus on improving the agriculture sector, specifically toward achieving food security. This, as the minority bloc congressman noted that the...