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Quirino Governor Dakila Cua expressed his agreement with Senator Francis Tolentino’s call for the national government to empower local government units in using the Supreme Court’s Mandanas-Garcia ruling to lessen the effects of the pandemic and the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war on the people. “I agree with Sen. Tolentino that our LGUs should be empowered to […]
Senator Win Gatchalian took to task the local government units (LGUs) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for the long delay in the distribution of fuel subsidy to tricycle drivers, which stemmed from the inaccuracy of beneficiaries’ names submitted to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). “Hanggang ngayon ay […]
Quezon City 1st District Rep. Arjo Atayde on Thursday filed his top six priority bills at the House of Representatives. “My first six bills are about issues that are close to my heart. Marami pa tayong kailangang matutunan tungkol sa paggawa ng batas. Ngunit ang maipapangako ko sa mga naghalal sa akin, tututukan natin at […]
On her last day as Lone district Representative of Antique, Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda expressed her pleasure in serving the Filipino people as a member of the House of Representatives over the past three years. “I am grateful to have served the Filipino people, most especially my fellow Antiqueños, alongside my honorable and hardworking colleagues […]
While the incoming administration is set to review the K to 12 programs, Senator Win Gatchalian is proposing to refine the K to 3 curriculum to make it more focused on literacy and numeracy. According to Gatchalian, who is set to retain his chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture in […]
An expression of the people’s will and an end to confusion. This was how incoming Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles described the successful reversion of the Municipality of Rodriguez to its old name, Montalban, after a measure he had filed lapsed into law earlier this month. In 1982 the name of the town was […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging local government units and schools to prepare for the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots among minors aged 12 to 17. Gatchalian made this call following the Department of Health’s approval of using the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for the 12-17 age group. “Giving booster shots to […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to speed up the efficient distribution of fuel subsidies to the targeted beneficiaries in the public transport sector. Gatchalian made the call as he is set to pursue the provision of the third tranche of the fuel subsidy program to provide economic relief […]
The Power Bloc composed of solons from the PHILRECA Party List, APEC Party List, RECOBODA Party List, and Ako Padayon Pilipino Party List at the House of Representatives has long proposed legislation exempting electricity from the imposition of value-added tax (VAT). Filed last July 2019, at the start of the 18th Congress, House Bill 3248 […]
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) welcomed the upcoming return of Atty. Karlo Alexei B. Nograles to the agency after President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. renominated him as its Chairperson-designate. “We were already off to a good start with Chair Karlo’s earlier brief stint at the Commission. Now that he’s back, I, together with Commissioner Ryan Acosta, […]