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Senator Lito Lapid has filed a measure establishing the Virology Institute of the Philippines, in response to the need for increased and organized activities in research and development in virology and infectious disease in the country. With the COVID-19 pandemic greatly affecting the world, and the Philippines being one of the hardest hit countries in […]
Senator Bato Dela Rosa, the chairperson of the Senate Special Committee on Marawi City Rehabilitation and Victims Compensation, sees a much faster implementation of the bulk water project component of the Marawi City rehabilitation program. This developed as the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) and the Philippine Army (PA), two of the implementing agencies of […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee believes that the Insurance Commission’s (IC) move to increase the minimum catastrophe insurance rates is an anti-competitive policy that will just incentivize cartels while passing on additional burdens to consumers as it will result in soaring prices of basic commodities. The lawmaker from Sorsogon stated this during the Feb. […]
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ‘Koko’ Pimentel III on Sunday highlighted a glaring disparity between the term limits of elected officials and the minimum requirement to qualify for the government’s pension program and urged the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to allow elected officials and their staff to continue remitting voluntary contributions equivalent to 15 years. […]
Camarines Sur representative and National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte has suggested that our diplomats work doggedly not only on attending to the concerns of our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) but also on checking into the most suitable and effective professional and commercial practices in their host countries that can be adapted to the Philippine […]
Representatives Paolo Duterte (1st District, Davao City) and Eric Yap (Lone District, Benguet) have sought the passage of a measure that would categorically exclude persons convicted of heinous crimes from availing themselves of the benefits of the law that cuts prison time for inmates with good behavior. Duterte and Yap said the enactment of their proposed […]
Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles lauded the Department of Education for its efforts to protect teachers from falling prey to loan sharks by providing them legal and financial advice. “Magandang hakbang ang planong ito ng DepEd sa pangunguna ni Vice President Sara Duterte upang maprotektahan ang ating mga guro laban sa mga loan shark […]
Some 48,439 registered senior citizens from the 33 barangays of Angeles City will receive the aid from the city government. Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. will personally lead the house-to-house distribution of 1,000 cash assistance and Vitamin C supplements starting on March 1, 2023 in Barangays Sapangbato, San Jose, Pampang, Margot, and Cuayan. Lazatin will […]
The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs chaired by Surigao del Norte Representative Ace Barbers approved House Bill No. 90 which would institute the magna carta of benefits for the officers and personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Under the proposed magna carta, PDEA workers will be provided with acceptable living and working conditions, […]
Senator Chiz Escudero, chair of the Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education, asked his colleagues to pass Senate Bill 1359, per Committee Report No. 6, that prohibits the “no permit, no exam” policy imposed by some educational institutions, calling this practice the “cruelest of fines.” Aside from banning the “no permit, no exam” rule, […]