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A lawmaker stressed the need for policies that can help bring down commodity prices, particularly food prices, as the inflation in April remained unchanged from the previous month at 4.5 percent. Marikina City Representative Stella Quimbo said the main contributor continues to be the inflation for food and non-alcoholic beverages, which made up 40.9% of […]
The House Committee on Energy tasked a technical working group (TWG) to fine-tune a measure that seeks to strengthen the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) to make it more responsive and flexible in terms of its exploration, exploitation, and development. During a virtual hearing, the House panel moved to form the TWG to finalize House […]
A House of Representatives panel approved the P405.6-billion stimulus package under the Bayanihan to Arise As One Act or the Bayanihan 3 to boost the country’s economic recovery from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The House Ways and Means Committee approved the substitute bill to the third Bayanihan measure, which would contain direct emergency […]
A partylist lawmaker has appealed to Metro Manila mayors to allow house-to-house vaccinations against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for senior citizens aged at least 70 and above, as well as persons with disabilities (PWDs). In a letter to Metro Manila Council chairman Edwin Olivarez, Senior Citizens Partylist Representative Rodolfo Ordanes said local government units (LGUs) […]
A party-list lawmaker urged President Rodrigo Duterte to provide genuine representation from the labor sector in social security institutions to strengthen social dialogue towards employment recovery. During the Task Group on Economic Recovery and the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) Job Summit, TUCP Partylist Representative Raymond Mendoza said strengthening social dialogue mechanisms in government institutions […]
The long wait for the start of full-blast operations of the first international cruise ship terminal (ICST) in Luzon will soon be over. Construction works for the project are already 50 percent complete despite the restrictions being implemented by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in Bicol due to […]
A measure proposing the establishment of a Health Procurement and Stockpiling Bureau under the Department of Health (DOH) has hurdled the committee level at the House of Representatives. The House Committee on Ways and Means approved the substitute bill to House Bill 6995, which provides for the stockpiling of strategic and critical drugs and medicines, […]
A lawmaker at the House of Representatives stressed the need to enact a general law protecting all vaccinated individuals against those who will refuse to receive the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines pursuant to the general welfare clause of the 1987 Constitution. Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr. cited the general welfare clause stating that “the […]
Members of the House of Representatives have put to task the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the perceived delay in the approval of new drug applications, including potential medicines for the deadly COVID-19. In a recent hearing of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability, lawmakers took turns grilling FDA General Manager […]
Several lawmakers at the House of Representatives pushed for the immediate passage of a measure that would legitimize the regulation and operation of motorcycle taxis (MCTs) as public utility vehicles (PUVs). The lawmakers made the call in light of the increased demand for efficient public transport and livelihood during this pandemic. Navotas City Representative John […]