Negros Oriental 1st district Rep. Jocelyn Limkaichong (Facebook) Negros Oriental 1st district Jocelyn Limkaichong honors her mother by passing on her legacy to the next generation. Thus, said the Visayas lawmaker in a Facebook post Sunday, May 14, Mother's Day. "I've always admired my mother for...
Baguio lone district Rep. Mark Go (right) and his wife Sol (Facebook) Baguio lone district Rep. Mark Go's Mother's Day message to his wife was short, sweet, and filled with affection. "Advance Happy Mother's Day to my love, the incredible mother of our 8 children," Go wrote in a Facebook post...
(Unsplash) A congressman who works closely worth overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is asking Philippine authorities to clarify with Kuwait what brought about the latter's suspension of all types of work and entry visas for Filipinos. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo noted that on May 10, Kuwait...
(Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is prodding senators to pass their counterpart measure to the House bill (HB) granting full protection to workers of the so-called "gig" industry, or freelancers. “With the rapid growth of the global freelance economy and the resultant...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), and Vice President Sara Duterte (Rep. Castro's office, Facebook) Vice President Sara Duterte will get to "control" more confidential and intelligence funds in her new role as co-vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on second reading the measure seeking to redefine the crime of illegal recruitment by a syndicate, particularly when committed by non-licensees or non-holders of authority. House Bill (HB) No.7718...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (Speaker's office, Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez reminded Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. that the privileges and immunities of a congressman shouldn't be used...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez is discouraging Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. from continuing to seek asylum abroad. "We, in the House of Representatives, view with great concern reports from the DOJ...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (Speaker's office, Facebook) The House Committee on Ethics and Privileges may move to impose a new disciplinary action against Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. if he fails...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left), and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Rep. Salo's office, MANILA BULLETIN) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. now has "more choices" when it comes to naming a full-time Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary, should he decide to go that...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives is being urged to look into the alleged unauthorized transactions involving popular mobile wallet service GCash last Tuesday, May 9. House Deputy Minority Leader and Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera filed filed for this purpose House...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – New witnesses are set to testify during the resumption of the Senate hearings on the assassination of Gov. Roel Degamo last March and various other killings in Negros Oriental over the past several years. MAYOR Janice Degamo (FB) This comes after additional cases of killings...