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Nineteen female graduates earned a degree in Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship under the Quezon City government’s “No Woman Left Behind” program for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). The graduation ceremony, held at Camp Karingal, was attended by Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, Justice Undersecretary Margarita Gutierrez, Gender and Development Council Secretary Janete Oviedo, QC Jail […]
Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo and East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) chief Dr. Alfonso Nuñez III led the inauguration of the Rillo-Romualdez Ambulatory Care Center, which provides comprehensive free health services to the public. The newly opened center, located in the MC Rillo Building in Barangay Mariana, Quezon City, offers free clinical consultations, endoscopy, ultrasound, and […]
The Department of Agriculture has ordered a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds from France after the European country reported in early August the outbreak of avian influenza. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. issued Memorandum Order 40 imposing the import ban which also covers shipments of live poultry, poultry products, […]
Senator Loren Legarda lauded the signing into law of the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers, which she called a huge win for foreign and domestic workers. The new law aims to secure seafarers’ rights to decent, just, and humane conditions aboard sea-going vessels, as well as filling the deficiencies in laws that have threatened overseas […]
Senate President Chiz Escudero reported a “big haul of bills” passed by the chamber and vowed to erase any backlog of measures under his watch, as he marked his first 100 days in office on September 26, 2024. “It’s a scoreboard we can be truly proud of,” Escudero said, citing the 137 pieces of legislation […]
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa took a swipe at Abang Lingkod Party-list Representative Stephen Paduano for insisting his attendance in a supposed courtesy call of police officers with former President Rodrigo Duterte which is being linked to the death of three Chinese drug lords inside the Davao Penal Farm and Prison in August 2016. The […]
Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee wants the positive result of fiscalizing the Department of Health (DOH) budget and its attached agencies acknowledged instead of focusing on the mic scuffle between him and House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Cong. Paul Daza. It can be recalled that during the House plenary deliberation of the DOH budget on […]
Senator Bong Go, chairperson of the Senate Committees on Sports as well as on Youth, expressed gratitude for the Senate’s ratification of the Bicameral Conference Committee Report on the Philippine National Games (PNG) Act which he principally sponsored and also authored. The report reconciles the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. 2514 and House Bill […]
Senator Cynthia Villar welcomed the signing into law of a measure that imposes severe sanctions against smugglers, profiteers, hoarders and cartels of agricultural and fishery products. In a ceremony in Malacanang recently, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Republic Act No.12022 or the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act. Witnessing the event are some senators and congressmen, along […]
The Senate recently approved on third and final reading the proposed value-added tax (VAT) refund measure for non-resident tourists that would hopefully attract more tourists. With 20 affirmative votes, one negative vote and no abstention, Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2415 or An Act Creating a Vat Refund Mechanism for Non-Resident Tourists, adding a New Section […]