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Senator Robin Padilla expressed his dismay over the hazing death of Adamson University student John Salilig, after an official of the Tau Gamma Phi fraternity failed to recite the organization’s prayer during a Senate panel hearing. Padilla, who attended the hearing of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights on Salilig’s hazing, challenged Daniel […]
The Senate adopted two resolutions expressing sympathies and condolences on the death of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo; and condemning the recent spate of killings and attacks against government officials and private persons. Both Senate Resolutions No. (SRN) 520 (Adopted Resolution No. 47) and 517 (Adopted Resolution No. 48), were sponsored by Senate President Migz […]
Senator Lito Lapid expressed his delight over the passage of Senate Bill No. (SBN) 1850, or the “New Agrarian Emancipation Act” on its third and final reading. The bill aims to condone all loans including interests, penalties, and surcharges arising from the award of agricultural lands under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) as of […]
With the continued presence of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has maintained that the government must not just keep on filing diplomatic protests against Beijing—it should take more appropriate action to check China’s nonstop intrusions by accelerating talks on joint maritime patrols in the disputed territory with […]
In anticipation of the week-long transport strike, the Quezon City government has crafted an action plan to assist commuters who may be affected by the lack of public transportation. According to Mayor Joy Belmonte, the city’s Traffic and Transport Management Department (TTMD) will place Quezon City Bus Service bus units on standby for possible deployment […]
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill that institutionalizes the government’s shift to E-Governance for faster and improved delivery of services to the public. House Bill (HB) No. 7327 is titled, “An Act institutionalizing the transition of the government to E-Governance in the digital age, creating for the purpose the […]
The Senate recently adopted a resolution seeking to establish an integrated and secure digital legislative management system for the Congress to be known as eCongress. Introduced by Senate President Migz Zubiri, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda, Majority Leader Joel Villanueva and Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III, the chamber unanimously adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution No. […]
Senator Bong Go has strongly denounced the reported fraternity-related hazing that led to the death of John Matthew Salilig, a 24-year-old Adamson University student. “Dapat po ay kapatiran, hindi kamatayan,” stressed Go in an ambush interview after personally aiding residents in Mendez, Cavite. The legislator expressed his disappointment in the use of physical violence during […]
Senator Chiz Escudero called on the government to pursue an all-out war against gun-for-hire syndicates “with the full might of intelligence funds.” “Only the identification and dismantling of groups of hired killers can assassinations be stopped,” Escudero stressed as he condemned the brazen killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo right in his own home […]
“The half a million jump in the number of child laborers in the country from 2020 should be raising red flags. This is unacceptable.” This is what ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes had to say on the information made public by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) which showed that there were 1.37 million working children […]