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Senator Grace Poe said authorities should start to test the mettle of the SIM Registration law by arresting and penalizing text scammers. Poe said the law has good provisions, which should be put into effective use by concerned agencies, law enforcers and telecommunications companies (telcos), instead of halting its implementation. “Nasa awtoridad ang responsibilidad ng […]
“The government should keep the caps on rice costs as long as these are needed to safeguard consumers against price shocks and counteract potential illegal acts of price manipulation, profiteering and hoarding.” House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Representative Nonoy Libanan said as he urged the government “to do everything it can to insulate consumers, […]
In preparation for the anticipated increase in passengers traveling from Matnog Port in Sorsogon to the Visayas and Mindanao during the upcoming Undas season, Sorsogon Governor Boboy Hamor convened a meeting recently with various partner agencies involved in preparing the province, specifically focusing on the Blue Lane Project of the Katrangkiluhan Program. Present at the […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) to efficiently use their budget to address the lack of farm equipment and post-harvest facilities to increase agricultural workers’ production and address soaring food prices. “Sa pag-iikot ko sa ating bansa, isa po sa laging pinoproblema ng ating cooperatives […]
A week into this year’s celebration of National Teachers’ Month, CamSur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is asking the Congress to put on the front burner twin measures bumping up the pay and making permanent the teaching supplies’ allowance of some 800,000 public school teachers. Villafuerte made this appeal in support of President Marcos’ renewed commitment to deliver on his 2023 […]
Senator Bong Go highlighted the timely and rapidly growing potential of e-sports not only in the Philippines but also globally during a budget hearing for the Games and Amusements Board (GAB). With a proposed budget of P131 million for 2024, GAB, which is responsible for regulating and supervising professional sports, has also been keenly observing […]
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa expressed support for the passage of a bill that urged tough penalties on offenders engaged in crimes that are regarded as economic sabotage. Senator Cynthia Villar, Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform, introduced Senate Bill No. 2432 or the “Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act,” at the recent […]
As the country observed the 125th anniversary of the Malolos Congress, Senate President Migz Zubiri enjoined colleagues to keep the spirit of Malolos alive. “On this day in 1898, the Malolos Congress, the first legislature of our own government, was established,” Zubiri said. The Senate President took pride that the secretary of the Malolos Congress, […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco emphasized the importance of “actualizing love” for the Philippines by doing small acts that would make huge impact in the generations ahead as she led the coastal cleanup held in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu as part of the first ever Philippine Dive Tourism Dialogue. “It is only right […]
The House of Representatives adopted Senate Bill No. 2019, as an amendment to House Bill No. 227, which seeks to institute policies for the protection and welfare of caregivers in the practice of their occupation. The proposed “Caregivers’ Welfare Act,” which would cover caregivers employed and working within the country in private homes, nursing or […]