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The House of Representatives convened for the opening of the First Regular Session of the 19th Congress and elected Leyte 1st District Representative Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez as the new House Speaker. With no other candidates, the House voted 283 affirmative votes, one negative vote, and four abstentions in the election of Romualdez. The veteran legislator’s […]
Senator Chiz Escudero has filed a resolution calling on the Senate to look into the competitiveness of the country’s agricultural industry in order to determine the government intervention the sector needs to boost farmers’ income while ensuring a food-secure Philippines. In Senate Resolution No. 55, Escudero underscored the need to assess the current state of […]
The 24-member Senate formally convened for the opening of the First Regular Session of the 19th Congress as it prepares to legislate important measures to help the economy recover from the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and political conflicts. Senate President Migz Zubiri banged the gavel at exactly 10 a.m. to signal the opening […]
Quirino governor and Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) head Dakila Cua hailed Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s “message of hope” in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). “The President’s message of hope that our people will endure and surpass the problems we are facing is reassuring. The SONA was relatively short, […]
The provincial government of Pampanga is offering free drive-through antigen testing for residents experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Michael Ingal, head nurse at the Mexico Isolation Facility, said the program is part of the provincial government’s disease detection and prevention efforts. “I-avail ‘yung antigen free testing para malaman ‘yung condition ninyo.” “Sa […]
Iloilo, through its Provincial Civil Defense Service of the Province (ProCid Serv Iloilo), will be implementing a small-scale, socialized, and localized housing program for residents of the province living in hazard zones. “The province shall implement the Purok Resilience Program, a socialized and localized housing program, and likewise a climate change response that shall relocate residents […]
Senator Mark Villar has filed the Build, Build, Build Act which seeks to institutionalize and create a 30-Year National Infrastructure Program. This is in line with Villar’s campaign promise to ensure continuity of infrastructure projects and to improve the lives of Filipinos amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges. “Importante po na isulong natin sa […]
Results of a survey revealed that half of Filipinos think public school teachers are underpaid. For Senator Win Gatchalian, this puts urgency on passing his topmost priority measure which is to raise the salary of the country’s public school teachers. Based on the results of a Pulse Asia survey conducted on June 24-27, 50% of respondents […]
Senator Chiz Escudero has filed a bill that will raise to P4,000 from P2,000 the Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) of some 1.8-million government employees as a way of helping them cope with higher prices brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and fuel hikes. Enrolled as Senate Bill (SB) No. 60, the measure also seeks […]
Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte has called on the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration to prioritize the rehabilitation of the Agus-Pulangi hydropower complex if it wants the Philippines to be a “world leader” in climate action while ensuring a clean and reliable energy source in Mindanao. Rehabilitating the decades-old facilities of the Agus-Pulangi […]