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Quezon City District 2 Councilor Winnie Castelo has renewed his call for a moratorium in rent payments for stallholders and vendors in all public markets in Quezon City. Castelo, who is running for vice mayor under the Malayang Quezon City team of mayoral candidate Mike Defensor, has introduced Proposed Ordinance No. 485 in the city […]
With the Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam looming, the Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list on Wednesday urged the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) to reinstate pole vaulter EJ Obiena to the national training pool for the athlete to be able to defend his title in the regional meet. “It would be a […]
The Philippine Educators Alliance for Community Empowerment (PEACE) Party-list hailed the launch by the Department of Education (DepEd) of a national calisthenics exercise program for learners. “The national calisthenics exercise program is a timely intervention in our efforts to maintain our learners’ health. We hope that this program will be successful in instilling a more […]
Lawmakers at the House of Representatives mourned the death of Tarlac Rep. Carlos “Charlie” Cojuangco. House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the lower chamber “mourns the loss of one of its political party leaders”. “His untimely demise leaves a void in the Nationalist People’s Coalition and the entire House supermajority coalition.” “His untimely demise leaves […]
Homeless, abandoned, and elderly members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community will soon have a place to stay in Sorsogon after a Good Samaritan donated 1,500 square meters of land for the project in Barangay San Juan Roro, Sorsogon City. Salvador Mendoza, Sorsogon provincial information officer, said the soon-to-be home for […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is planning to file a bill institutionalizing the Pantawid Pasada Program to address the adverse effects of oil price hikes, particularly among the vulnerable sectors such as the public transport. “This is a tried and tested program already. We have done it in the past, in many of the aberrations in world […]
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima underscored the need to hire more teaching assistants to assist Filipino teachers with other administrative tasks and ensure that they can provide quality education to their students. In a message conveyed on her behalf by her Chief Legislative Officer, Atty. Abel Maglanque, during the recent “Teachers for Leni” online event, […]
Senator Dick Gordon headed to Northern Mindanao as part of his campaign bid towards re-election in the Senate. Gordon, who garnered the third-highest votes in Cagayan de Oro City, said he wanted to thank the hundreds of thousands of voters that shaded his name in ballots in the 2016 elections. “The hardworking residents, as they […]
Twenty-seven public schools in Kidapawan will start the limited face-to-face classes following the decline in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the city. Mayor Joseph Evangelista, who chairs the Inter-Agency Task Force for COVID-19, said in a meeting that the schools are 100 percent ready after passing the School Safety Assessment Tool and other requirements […]
The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) has granted a total of P350,000 financial assistance to four micro cooperatives in southern Negros Occidental affected by Typhoon Odette last December. The recipients received symbolic checks during the turn-over rites held at the covered court of Barangay 9 in Kabankalan City led by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and CDA […]