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Tourists may now enjoy the beauty of the Lingayen beach, with an added twist, by riding an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) as the municipal government opened the Lingayen Adventure Park in coordination with a private company, Tol Recreational Hub. The first activity in the Lingayen Adventure Park is called “Take Me Back to the North”, which […]
With 231 affirmative votes, the House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading House Bill 8882 which would revise the Charter of Baguio City. The measure, authored by Baguio City Representative Mark Go seeks to a) ensure effective implementation of the city government’s land use development plan, b) settle the boundary dispute of […]
A House leader has called on the Philippine National Police (PNP) and law enforcement agencies to act on the unabated wave of killings in the country, and stressed that failure to solve these murders would embolden criminals to continue gunning down helpless targets.In a privilege speech, Deputy Speaker Benny Abante Jr. said that the recent […]
As the number of COVID cases continue to spike on the first year of the first COVID-caused community quarantine, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said the Department of Health to empower local governments so that they can level-up in addressing the challenges of controlling the spread of the disease. “Local governments know what’s happening on the ground, […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 and the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to move teachers up in the priority list for the COVID-19 vaccination program, adding that he supports a similar call from at least 33 education, business and medical groups who […]
Senator Joel Villanueva scored the proposal to exclude certain firms from the government’s vaccine procurement program, saying such a move, if implemented, would hamper the efforts on speeding up the roll out of vaccines across the broader population. Villanueva referred to Section 5 of a draft administrative order by the Department of Health circulating in […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan estimates that the government will lose about P11 billion in tariff revenue should the pork tariff be reduced from 30 percent to 5 percent. “Ang estima namin mga P11 billion eh,” Pangilinan said in a media interview on how much the government may lose on its plan to cut tariff in response […]
The National Housing Authority (NHA) has allotted some P25 million to develop a resettlement housing community for poor informal settlers in the municipality of Glan, Sarangani province.Glan Mayor Vivien Yap said the initial preparatory works are set to begin in the coming days in line with the implementation of the housing project in Sitio Cabug, […]
The House Committee on Ecology chaired by Zamboanga del Norte Representative Glona Labadlabad approved the substitute bill that would regulate the production, importation, sale, distribution, provision, use, recovery, collection, recycling, and disposal of single-use plastic products. The substitute measure consolidated 38 bills — one of which was authored by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco –and four […]
Senator Joel Villanueva welcomed the easing of restrictions on returning Filipinos from foreign countries after authorities rescinded a guideline it issued which triggered a wave of disruptions on travel plans of Filipinos eager to come home. Villanueva lamented the ordeal of Filipino passengers overseas, particularly those who received notices from their airlines that they would […]