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As the Senate continues floor deliberations on the landmark Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for amendments to ensure that contentious provisions regulating the terms of office of Bangsamoro elective local officials are consistent with the Constitution. One such provision is Article VII, Section 13 of the Senate version of the Bangsamoro […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III on declared his support for the plan of Interior Secretary Eduardo Año and Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo to temporarily close Boracay Island to tourists. Año and Teo, together with Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu were ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte to rehabilitate Boracay within six months. It is only logical to […]
Senator Cynthia Villar called for a comprehensive review of welfare and protective mechanisms for Filipino domestic workers bound for the Middle East in light of the President’s directive to cease OFW deployment to Kuwait. Villar, a staunch OFW advocate, noted that the rising number of women leaving to work abroad as domestic workers could lead […]
Senator Nancy Binay has called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to ensure stricter implementation of environmental policies to avoid a repeat of the fire that struck Mount Pulag recently. “Mas higpitan pa po sana ng DENR at ng lokal na pamahalaan ang pagpapatupad ng mga polisiya at pagbabantay upang maiwasan ang […]
Senator Nancy Binay said lawmakers should first look at how to properly implement the Local Government Code before considering amending the Constitution and shifting to a federal form of government. Binay said issues like decentralization and strengthening local autonomy are better addressed by strictly implementing the Local Government Code. “Mas ako ang panawagan ko i-implement […]
Senator Bam Aquino has reminded the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) not to leave public schools including state universities and colleges (SUCs) behind as it prepares to rollout Republic Act (RA) 10929, otherwise known as the Free Internet Access Program in Public Places Law. Aquino is the principal sponsor and co-author of the […]
House Deputy Speaker Linabelle Ruth Villarica has assured women political leaders from around the world that the Philippines continues to promote gender equality, and has in fact scored well in international gender equality measures and indices. Villarica underscored that gender equality is quite advanced in the Philippines, during her opening statement at the Women Political […]
The House committee on social services chaired by Rep. Sandra Eriguel, M.D. (2nd District, La Union) has approved a substitute bill that seeks to declare the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) as the national sign language of the Filipino deaf and the official sign language of government in all transactions involving the deaf, and mandating its […]
The House of Representatives has adopted a resolution calling for the establishment of the Disaster Relief Fund of the chamber to ensure immediate financial support for emergency relief operations in disaster-stricken areas. House Resolution 1484, principally authored by House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez (1st District, Davao del Norte), was adopted as HR 76 which shall establish […]
The House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading House Bill 6617 or the proposed “Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act” which seeks to strengthen the government’s comprehensive policy on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) prevention, treatment, care and support, and to establish the Philippine National HIV and […]