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The Senate Subcommittee on the Network Freedom Act chaired by Senator Win Gatchalian has begun the process of ironing out the details of Senate Bill 1643, which seeks to regulate the locking of mobile wireless devices to specific telecommunications (telcos) networks. Section 4 of the Network Freedom Act Now prohibits telcos networks or other retailers […]
House Appropriations Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Tuesday again asked why the budget of a critical government office had been slashed, as he quizzed Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi during the Department of Energy’s (DOE) budget deliberations regarding the budget of the National Electrification Administration (NEA), which was reduced from 1.8 billion pesos in […]
Senator Sonny Angara has vowed to ensure the passage of a bill that seeks to provide universal health care for all Filipinos, as envisioned by his father, the late Senate President Edgardo Angara. The older Angara is known as the “father” of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Program, which gave birth to the Philippine Health […]
The passage of the National ID System law will help address gaps in social service delivery, a party-list representing the agriculture sector said. AGRI party-list Secretary General Benjie Martinez said the implementation of a national ID system is crucial in properly identifying the beneficiaries of social services. President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signed Republic Act […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III on Tuesday reiterated that PDP-Laban and Hugpong ng Pagbabago, the party led by Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, were “united in its support for the President” despite being two separate organizations with its own members. “Allies of the President may belong to one or both of these parties but we are all […]
Senator Sonny Angara has renewed his call for the passage of House Bill 1305 or the Expanded Maternity Leave bill which will extend the number of paid maternity leave days from the current 60 to 120. “The longer period for maternity leave will free up time for mothers to exclusively breastfeed their babies, and in […]
Senator Joel Villanueva on his birthday led the turn over of 158 housing units from the National Housing Authority (NHA) to the informal settler families of Bocaue, Bulacan. Villanueva said families who live in waterways and flood-prone areas were prioritized to be relocated at Bocaue Hills AFP-PNP Housing, Barangay Batia in Bocaue, Bulacan. The turn […]
The passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) will make peace and prosperity possible in Mindanao within President Rodrigo Duterte’s term. This is according to House Agriculture Committee Chairperson and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose Panganiban, Jr., who on Monday said indigenous peoples (IPs) in Mindanao are set to benefit from the minimization of conflict in the […]
“We will never ever be asked again to present multiple government-issued IDs for any transaction.” This according to Laguna 3rd District Rep. Sol Aragones, Chairperson of the House Committee on Population and Family Relations and principal sponsor of the National Identification System Act at the House of Representatives, on the day President Rodrigo Duterte officially […]
The House committee on appropriations has approved the funding provisions of the measure creating the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR), which is among the legislative priorities mentioned by President Rodrigo Duterte in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA). The House panel, chaired by Davao Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles, passed the consolidated bill […]