Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has blamed what she described as the "borderline softcore pornography"-themed films that have been streaming online as contributing factors to the harmful stereotyping of women and normalized gender-based...
With Secretary Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa now as Department of Health (DOH) chief, Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymunnd “LRay” Villafuerte said he hopes healthcare workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs who played a crucial role during the Covid-19 pandemic will finally receive their unpaid health...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee is eyeing a "Shark Tank"-style initiative to help budding Filipino entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground. Shark Tank is a popular program in the United States (US) that features business magnates and...
Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Facebook) The Philippines can do better than the upgraded Gross Domestic Product (GDP) forecast of the World Bank (WB), as far as Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. is concerned....
Mayon Volcano Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has done his part to prepare his constituents for a possible eruption of Mayon Volcano. In a statement sent to House of Representatives reporters Friday afternoon, June 9, Rep. Lagman said he has linked up with top local officials as well as the...
Former senators Juan Ponce Enrile (left) and Leila de Lima (Facebook) If former senator Juan Ponce Enrile was able to get bail in the past, then why not former senator Leila de Lima? Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman left this question in the minds of Filipinos Thursday, June 8 as he dissected...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves, Vice President Sara Duterte, and Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Facebook) Controversial Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. expressed on Thursday, June 8 his admiration for Vice President...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (left) and Senator Imee Marcos (Facebook) Controversial Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. has slammed the proposed P500-billion Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), which he said wasn't good for the country. Teves,...
Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (left) and Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Facebook, Speaker's office) A veteran congressman from the Rodrigo Duterte-led Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) has claimed that the...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook, Speaker's office) Shunning "divisive politics", Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said on Wednesday, June 7 that improving the lives of Filipinos remains the top priority of the...
Former senator Leila de Lima (Senate PRIB) Makabayan solons Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro have expressed disappointment over a Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court's (RTC) junking of former senator Leila de Lima's petition for bail. "We, in...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas The additional P9-million fine that was recently imposed by the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) against Grab Philippines shouldn't come as a surprise to the company "given its history of non-compliance". Thus, said House Assistant Minority Leader...
