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Senator Joel Villanueva has emphasized the need for an intensified campaign that would give awareness regarding mental health and suicide prevention. Villanueva acknowledged underreported cases of suicide due to social stigma against people with suicidal tendencies. “This stigma must now be removed. Education regarding mental health and suicide prevention must be intensified and give […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the Commission on Higher Education to fast track the evaluation and accreditation of local universities and colleges to unlock their potential in producing highly-educated graduates with skill sets to match the primary needs of local economies. At the same time, Gatchalian said the CHED should likewise help LUCs upgrade their […]
To ensure accountability and transparency in the conduct of law enforcement operations and improve the country’s criminal justice system, Senator Dick Gordon proposed to require the use of body cameras for law enforcers conducting search and arrest operations and their vehicles used in the said operations installed with dash-board cameras. Gordon filed Senate Bill […]
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to institutionalize the compressed work week scheme to promote business competitiveness, work efficiency and labor productivity. House Bill 6152 aims to increase the normal work hours per day under a compressed work week scheme, amending Articles 83, 87 and 91 […]
The House committee on constitutional amendments created four technical working groups (TWGs), composed of its members, which will draft the Philippine Federal Constitution. Each of the four groups will handle specific areas to be covered in the drafting of the new Federal Constitution. TWG 1 chaired by Rep. Corazon Nuñez-Malanyaon (1st District, Negros Oriental) […]
Amid the public uproar over the anti-illegal drugs operation conducted in Caloocan City, dubbed as the “One Time, Big Time” drug raid, that resulted in the death of Grade 11 student Kian Loyd delos Santos, Senator Dick Gordon reiterated the need to equip policemen and other law enforcers conducting operations with body cameras. Gordon […]
The national budget will jump to P3.767 trillion in 2018, or by P1 trillion, from its 2016 level of 2.682 trillion, and Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto doubts if agencies have the capacity “to spend their allocations, which essentially are taxes collected from the people.” “The budget will balloon by P1 trillion within a […]
The Senate passed on third and final reading a bill seeking to prohibit merchants from imposing expiry dates on gift checks, certificates or cards. “A gift certificate, check or card is, for all intents and purposes, good as cash. It is purchased with money and money having no expiry date, it follows that gift […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III filed a bill that would reduce the worries of OFWs sending gifts to their families back home by exempting one balikbayan box per month per OFW from taxes and duties, and generally prohibiting Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel from opening the boxes. Senate Bill No. 1168, if passed into […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for approving three major pieces of legislation passed during the First Regular Session of the 17th Congress. Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) 10928, which extends the validity of Philippine Passport up to 10 years; RA 10929, which establishes free internet access in public places; and […]