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Senator Grace Poe has filed a bill seeking powers for the President to suspend the increase in contributions to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to spare the Filipinos from additional burden in critical times. “The hike comes at a time when our people continue to grapple with the impact of the pandemic and the […]
Senator Joel Villanueva called on the new leadership of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to fully enforce the Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS) and penalize those responsible for the death of two people after an elevator they were repairing in a building in Makati City collapsed recently. “One accidental but preventable death […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill which mandates government offices to adopt digital transaction systems to allow them to pay and receive digital currency. The measure states that all government agencies, including but not limited to national government agencies (NGAs), foreign-based government agencies, all government corporations, local government units (LGUs), State Universities and Colleges […]
A lawmaker emphasized the need to solve the current imbalance in child support responsibilities of separated couples as he proposed to make the withholding or stopping of child support a punishable offense. Northern Samar Representative Paul Daza said it is high time to enact a law that will protect the interest of children in case […]
Newly-elected Misamis Oriental Governor Pedro Unabia vowed to reintroduce “back to basics” agricultural practices to improve the province’s food security and sustainability.Agriculture development, Unabia said, is an essential component of the government’s poverty eradication program, which means that every family can afford food on the table on a regular basis. “Consultations with municipal agriculturists are […]
Senator Win Gatchalian commended the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for ordering Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to refund its customers P21.8 billion equivalent to 87 centavos per kilowatt-hour (kWh). This means that for a typical household that consumes 200 kWh a month, there will be a P174 refund in the electricity bill beginning this month. “It […]
Senator Bato Dela Rosa is confident that the judiciary has safeguards in trials of cases punishable by death that will ensure accurate determination of guilt. “May safeguards ‘yung judiciary pagdating sa (court) trials. Sisiguruhin naman nila na hindi mabitay ‘yung mga hindi karapat-dapat na mabitay. We have enough trust and confidence in the judicial system,” […]
Senator Lito Lapid eagerly awaits the promulgation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for Republic Act No. 9999, or the Free Legal Assistance Act of 2010, granting lawyers tax deductions for giving legal services to poor clients. In a letter addressed to Commissioner Lilia Guillermo dated July 11, Lapid requested the prioritization of the […]
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) president Dakila Cua vowed that all local government units under ULAP’s wing will respond to Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s rallying call for LGUs to “build a wall of immunity” against COVID-19. “Of course, ULAP and all its LGU-members will respond to the President’s rallying call positively. We […]
Four legislators from Camarines Sur led by Rep. LRay Villafuerte have propped up a priority plan by incoming Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez for the 19th Congress to accelerate the Marcos administration’s digital transformation by filing their own version of a measure to develop and interlink electronic government or e-government services so the Philippines can get […]