While presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo agrees that more foreign investments are needed to improve public services in the country, she wants to make sure that there are safeguards for Filipino investors in the recently-passed bill that will allow foreign ownership of public...
Voting 22-0, the Senate on Thursday, Dec. 16, passed on third and final reading a bill requiring the registration of subscriber identity module (SIM) cards for telecommunications us in the country. Under Senate Bill 2395 or the SIM Card Registration Act, new SIM card buyers will have to present a...
The Senate on Wednesday ratified the reconciled version of the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P5.024-trillion national budet for 2022. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, assured that next year’s budget, which would be submitted to President...
The Senate has approved the bicameral conference committee report on the disagreeing provisions on the measure that seeks to raise the age by which statutory rape is determined by law. The bicameral report on Senate Bill No. 2332 and House Bill No. 7836, which seeks to amend Republic Act No, 7610...
The Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday signed the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate finance committee panel, said both houses of Congress agreed to increase the proposed budget of...
The bicameral conference committee has set the proposed budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) under the proposed 2022 national budget to P17.1-billion. Senate Finance Committee chair Senator Sonny Angara disclosed this after the Senate and House of...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Our people deserve a Happy Christmas this year. After prolonged lockdowns, anxiety about their jobs and their future, Filipinos deserve to celebrate this coming holidays with a sense of normalcy and, of course, cautious celebration. And you...
President Duterte will walk away from politics after June 30, 2022 after all. FULL CIRCLE--President Rodrigo Duterte (left) officially withdrew his Senate bid in the May 2022 polls on Dec. 14, 2021. (Office of the President) Malacañang, through Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, confirmed on...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) should file charges against four companies that are known to be “repeat offenders” of agricultural smuggling in the country. Senator Risa Hontiveros made the call as she pressed Customs officials to submit an investigative report on why repeat violators of smuggling...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalin on Tuesday urged the banking industry to invest more on modern security banking solutions to induce confidence among financial consumers. Rather than telling the public how to avoid being a victim of cybercriminals, Gatchalian said banks should prioritize the protection of...
Voting 22-0, the Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the bill that seeks to expands the social protection, benefits and programs for solo parents. The salient features of the proposed Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act or Senate Bill No. 1411 includes a monthly cash subsidy of...
Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and running mate Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III have vowed to unmask the personalities behind the multibillion-peso smuggling of agricultural products into the country even in their remaining five months...
