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The Senate yesterday approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to grant an additional 60 days of maternity leave to expectant mothers. Senate Bill No. 1305, or the “Expanded Maternity Leave Law of 2017” was approved with 22 affirmative votes, zero negative vote, and zero abstention. The bill was authored and sponsored by […]
With 20 affirmative votes, the Senate yesterday approved on third and final reading a bill which seeks to regulate and professionalize speech language pathology in the country. Senate Bill No. 462, or the Speech Language Pathology Act of 2016, was authored and sponsored by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, chair of the Senate Committee on Civil […]
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III filed a measure on February 17 declaring January 23 as a special working holiday in commemoration of the First Philippine Republic and the founding of the Malolos Congress. The First Republic was inaugurated at Barasoain Church, Malolos, Bulacan on January 23, 1899, after the success of the Philippine Revolution. […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has finally signed the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This pact is the first-ever legally-binding global deal on climate change signed by almost all countries in the world. It was inked IN December 2015 by almost 200 nations who are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Duterte […]
A P700-million drug rehabilitation center will soon rise in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, to help drug users turn over a new leaf, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ismael Sueno said on Monday. Sueno said that the DILG, the Office of the Cabinet Secretary (OCS) and the Department of Health (DOH) recently signed an agreement […]
Major infrastructure projects in Mindanao have been few and far between. While there may have been some here and some there, nothing in the scale, extent and magnitude of a P130 billion project has ever been seen, heard or felt, at least in recent memory. This predicament will soon change with the proposed 2,000-kilometer Mindanao railway […]
With hospital emergency rooms overloaded with patients that deal with life-threatening medical emergencies, the world’s leading telemedicine pioneer has a suggestion for Filipinos who aren’t sure if they should rush to the emergency room of the nearest hospital: call a doctor first. According to Medgate Philippines Chief Executive Officer Robert Parker, “being able to talk […]
Senator Richard Gordon called for greater emphasis on protecting the dignity and integrity of institutions, such as the Senate, as it serves as the vanguard of democracy and a bastion of knowledge and information in which committees investigate issues in aid of legislation. This comes in light of retired SPO3 Arturo Lascanas’ retraction of his […]
Four beers. Two styles. All with varying qualities that aim to strike an enduring chord with the non-novice beer explorer. St. Bernardus Tripel and Almanac Emperor Norton Belgium’s Bwerij St. Bernard makes an iconic tripel that’s mentioned in the same breath as the class-defining Westmalle and Karmeliet interpretations of this robust, high alcohol beer. The […]
In a megacity full of eateries that treat their tapsilog as simple lamang tiyan and pantawid gutom (there are no exact English equivalents to these Filipino phrases, I believe), Angus Tapa Centrale in Kamuning offers a different take on the pedestrian all-day-breakfast meal with an Angus beef version. I didn’t know about this place until […]