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House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Committee on People’s Participation Chairperson Rep. Florida Robes (Lone District, San Jose Del Monte City) have vowed to prioritize the enactment of pending bills that seek to help and protect volunteers in the country.The House leaders made the commitment during the awarding ceremony for the 10 Outstanding Volunteers for […]
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is putting thousands of commuters in danger and thousands of motorbike drivers out of work because It had imposed new limits for the extended test run of motorcycle taxis “without proper consultation or debate,” Senator Imee Marcos said. The DOTr has conducted a series of closed-door meetings since November on […]
To help ease the trauma caused by the series of earthquakes that shook Cotabato and Davao, Senator Bong Go treated some 200 kids from North Cotabato to a tour of Davao City.The tour was an earlier promise by Go to the children when he visited North Cotabato on November 22. During the tour, the children […]
The death penalty’s revival should be given serious thought “for crimes of an unimaginable level of brutality and inhumanity, as in the Maguindanao massacre,” Senator Imee Marcos said. “The scope of the Revised Penal Code at present does not fathom the horror suffered by the relatives of the brutally murdered victims, specially of the Mangudadatu […]
Senator Bong Go has denounced the death threats made by the New People’s Army (NPA) against President Rodrigo Duterte saying the communist rebel group should prove its sincerity first it wants peace talks with the government to resume. Go said the death threats will only imperil the proposed resumption of peace talks between the government […]
House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has assured that there will be no delay or adverse effects to be encountered if the national budget for 2020 is not signed into law before yearend. Cayetano made the assurance following the statement of Acting Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado that the 2020 budget is now scheduled to be signed […]
The House Ways and Means Committee will sustain its commitment to fund President Rodrigo Duterte’s key infrastructure and human development priorities, its chairman, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said. Salceda said he will push for the passage in plenary of key tax measures that hurdled committee level, particularly: the tax regime for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators […]
A bill seeking to double the maximum insurance protection of the country’s 63 million bank depositors has been filed at the House of Representatives. Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr. filed House Bill 5812, which proposes to increase the maximum deposit insurance coverage (MDIC) from P500,000 to P1 million per depositor per bank. “We have […]
A bill seeking to grant a two-day special emergency leave for all workers in the public and private sector who were directly affected by natural calamities has been filed at the House of Representatives. Albay Rep. Joey Salceda filed House Bill 5775, or the proposed “Calamity Leave Law.” “It provides them few days of interval to […]
With the outstanding performance of Team Pilipinas in emerging as the overall champion in the recently concluded 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games hosted by the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Bong Go upheld their promise to recognize all athletes especially those who achieved medal finishes in their respective sports in an awarding ceremony at […]