Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte and ACT CIS Partylist Rep. Eric Yap, together with their businessmen friends, pledged a P5 million donation to the families of military personnel and civilians who perished in the July 4 C-130 crash in Sulu. Reps. Paulo Duterte (1st District, Davao City)...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Tuesday, July 6 assailed as “nonsensical” Malacanang’s claim that government lacks money to grant cash assistance to Filipinos reeling from the devastating effects of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic....
As grief enveloped the nation over the death of 50 soldiers during a C-130 crash in Sulu, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco vowed to strongly push for an upgrade and modernization of the country’s air assets, saying that what happened on Sunday, July 4 must not occur again in the future. Velasco led...
An investigation into the latest crashes of military air assets has become “twice as urgent” to immediately determine the cause and safety measures that should be put in place to avoid similar incidents from happening again, the vice chairman of the House Committee on Defense and Security said...
If the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) will be prevented from dismantling shanties built by informal settlers within the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) area in Muntinlupa City, BuCor chief Undersecretary Gerald Bantag said he should also be given the same right to build a house inside Camp Aguinaldo....
Business owners in Quezon City are making their own contributions to encourage Filipinos to get vaccinated against the 2019 coronavirus disease, reportedly by offering discounts for goods and services for inocuated customers. Rep. Precious Hipolito-Castelo Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Precious...
An administration solon on Wednesday, June 30 applauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of an executive order adopting as a national priority the implementation of measures to prevent teenage pregnancy. Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles, a staunch advocate of teenage pregnancy...
The Infrawatch PH is disputing President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that free socialized housing for the poorest families is unfeasible because government lack funds to finance it. Infrawatch PH convenor and former Kabataan Partylist Rep. Terry Ridon said distributing free housing units to the...
Senior members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 30 lashed at government’s failure to spend over P18.4 billion in funds allocated for urgent programs in response to the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic. In separate press statements, senior Deputy Minority Leader and...
The House Committee on Public Accounts is convinced that ‘nil to zero’ error in textbooks and learning materials given to students can be achieved by putting in place more stringent measures for publication standards, aside from imposing penalties against those who committed mistakes, whether...
Unabated rise in oil prices, including the next round that will take effect this week, has worsened the adverse economic effects of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to Filipino families. Asst. Minority Leader and Gabriela Women’s Partylist Rep. Arlene Brosas warned on...
Detention of a maximum period of 24 days already imposes punishment even to innocent individuals, violates his or her right to due process, right to bail, as well as other rights guaranteed under the Constitution. These arguments were raised by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman in convincing the Supreme...
