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House Assistant Minority Leader and Eastern Samar Representative Sheen Gonzales demanded a congressional inquiry into the destructive impact of large-scale nickel and chromite mining operations on Homonhon Island, warning of grave environmental damage and social displacement in the historic site in his home province. In House Resolution No. 234, Gonzales urged the House committees on […]
Pampanga First District Representative Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. filed House Bill No. 4357 which seeks to grant Hazard Pay to all Local Government Employees whose work entails inherent risk or danger to their health and safety, regardless of their employment status.HB 4357, to be known as the “Local Government Employees’ Hazard Pay Act,” seeks to […]
Negros Occidental Third District Congressman Javi Benitez and Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto recently caught up with each other at the sidelines of the Congress’ Infrastructure Committee hearing on flood control projects.Both Benitez and Sotto are members of Mayors for Good Governance (M4GG), a movement of local leaders committed to fighting corruption and building resilient, […]
House Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), under its new leadership, to overhaul its ₱250.8-billion flood control plan for 2026, saying billions of pesos have been poured into projects that fail to protect the provinces most vulnerable to flooding. During the House committee on appropriations hearing, Libanan […]
The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) voiced profound concern over CHED’s implementation of the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) program, which shows that many SHS graduates from Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) families have not been able to benefit from the Tertiary Education Subsidy. The assessment was shared during the joint hearing of the […]
House Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan and Eastern Samar Representative Christopher Sheen Gonzales have forged a partnership with the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila’s School of Health Sciences to build a sustainable, community-rooted health workforce for Homonhon Island, Eastern Samar. Under the initiative, UP Manila, led by Chancellor Dr. Michael Tee, will open a special […]
Pampanga First District Representative Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. has filed a bill to enhance the incentives and benefits received by Barangay Health Workers (BHWs). House Bill No. 3710 seeks to provide a monthly honorarium for BHWs amounting to no less than P3,000 and additional incentives and benefits, including hazard allowance; subsistence allowance; transportation allowance; one-time […]
Congressman Leandro Legarda Leviste filed a case against Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Batangas 1st District Engineer Abelardo Calalo for Direct Bribery, Corruption of Public Officials, Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices, and violations of the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials, at the Office of the Batangas Provincial Prosecutor.“This goes beyond […]
Misamis Oriental 1st District Representative Karen Artadi Lagbas filed the “Non-Conventional Motorcycles Reclassification Act” (House Bill 2133) to formally recognize three-wheelers in Philippine law, amend the 1964 Land Transportation Code, and protect their use as affordable transport and livelihood. “Three-wheelers in the Philippines are recognized only by an LTO administrative order, not by law. We need to upgrade […]
“Show up or shut up.”This was the message of Manila 6th District Representative Benny Abante Jr. to Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong for refusing to apologize to lawmakers and instead doubling down on broad accusations linking members of Congress to irregular flood control projects. Abante, chair of the House Committee on Human Rights, said Magalong’s […]