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Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has instructed the city’s Business Permits and Licensing Department (BPLD), Department of Building Official (DBO), Zoning Administration Unit, and Quezon City Fire District (QCFD) to strictly and rigorously inspect businesses in subdivisions and other residential areas, pursuant to their respective mandates. This comes after the recent fire in Pleasant View Subdivision, […]
Recognizing the importance of having equal access to higher education, the House of Representatives approved House Bill 9015 or the proposed “Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) Act.” TINGOG Party-list Representatives Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre principally authored the measure. In his sponsorship speech, Committee on Higher and Technical Education Chairperson and […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Wednesday said the revival of the salt industry in the Philippines will contribute to efforts to ease the country’s rising unemployment rate. “The passage of the Philippine Salt Industry Development Act could not have come at a better time especially since unemployment in the country has been steadily […]
Barangay Arkong Bato in Valenzuela City has confronted a series of adversities, ranging from catastrophic fires to the enduring COVID-19 pandemic. In response to these challenges, the office of Senator Bong Go consistently rendered aid to the community. In the previous year, Go’s office extended essential support to victims of a residential fire. This year, […]
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) may no longer be a “toothless tiger,” after Senator Robin Padilla filed a bill strengthening it with an effective and expanded structural, organizational and functional independence. Padilla’s Senate Bill 2440 also guarantees full fiscal autonomy to the CHR, “to ensure prompt, immediate, and unrestricted discharge of its functions.” “Regarded […]
Senator Cynthia Villar was guest speaker at the Closing Ceremony of the 23rd Tuna Congress in General Santos City with the theme “Adapting Strategies Responsive to Global Changes”. This 2-day congress, has brought together experts and stakeholders, to provide an avenue to address the pressing global challenges faced by the Philippine tuna industry and to […]
The Iloilo City Council has recently approved the creation of Iloilo City Local Housing Office (ICLHO) through the passage of Regulation Ordinance No. 2023-193. This will serve as implementing arm of the policies enacted by the Iloilo City Local Housing Board (ICLHB). Mayor Jerry Treñas pushed for its creation to reform the Iloilo City Urban […]
The national treasury expects to rake in P20.2 billion in royalties from the Malampaya natural gas field this year, Surigao del Sur Representative Johnny Pimentel said. “The amount is P5.7 billion or 22 percent less than the P25.9 billion in gas royalties that the government earned from Malampaya in 2022,” Pimentel explained. “The government anticipates […]
For legislators to better appreciate the administration’s infrastructure development program, the House Committees on Flagship Programs and Projects and Public Works and Highways in partnership with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and the Department of Transportation (DOTr), jointly organized a photo exhibit at the South Wing Lobby of the House of Representatives […]
Parents in Angeles City have extended their gratitude to Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. for initiating the distribution of school gear and items to 433 day care students in 8 day care centers in the city. Parents of the kid-beneficiaries expressed their thanks through social media, indicating Lazatin’s genuine care to the educational […]