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After noting that there were still injuries related to fireworks up to the New Year’s Eve celebrations, Senator Win Gatchalian has renewed his call to ban the sale and use of firecrackers and pyrotechnics except for the authorized display of fireworks. “Kung isasabatas natin ang pagbabawal sa mga mapanganib na paputok, magiging mahalagang hakbang ito […]
There is a need to make residents of Novaliches, especially the youth, realize the historical role their district had played during the fight for Philippine independence from Spain in the 1890s. Rep. Alfred Vargas of Quezon City’s 5th District (Novaliches area) made this observation after he was told about the history of a century-old tree […]
The Commission on Appointments (CA) recently confirmed the ad interim appointment of William Dar as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA). President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Dar as DA chief in August after former Secretary Emmanuel Piñol was named chairman of the Mindanao Development Authority. Senators Cynthia Villar and Francis Pangilinan were among those who […]
The age of the internet has seen to it that “being like Rizal is much more feasible than in the past,” and the youth should seize the advantages that come with being digital natives, a young lawmaker said. “Rizal had the advantage of quality education, starting with the patient teaching of his mother, which had […]
A Mindanao lawmaker has expressed hope that the measure proposing the creation of a Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR) would be passed in the 18th Congress in the wake of a series of strong quakes struck the country’s southern region. Agusan del Norte Rep. Lawrence Fortun said the Christmas eclipse, or the last solar eclipse […]
Iligan City Lone District Representative Frederick Siao said he is eyeing to propose a measure that would impose taxes on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) to fund the P10,000 pay hike for public school teachers per month.Siao, chairperson of the House civil service and professional regulation committee, noted that public school teachers have been “unrelenting” […]
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 […]