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Speaker Martin Romualdez directed the House Committee on Transportation to immediately look “into reports received by my office that corrupt practices may have tainted the conceptualization and planned implementation” of the government’s public utility vehicle (PUV) or jeepney modernization program.“The reports allege that existing transport officials are in cahoots with previous officials in negotiating for […]
Senator Robin Padilla is taking up the cudgels for workers of a company who may lose their jobs due to an alleged unlawful redundancy program seeking to dismantle employee unions. Padilla, in Senate Resolution 868, urged the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resource Development to look into the program by Converge/Metroworks ICT Construction […]
Senator Raffy Tulfo is seeking a Senate investigation into the reported multi-million illegal recruitment schemes targeting Filipinos who plan to work in Italy. Tulfo, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Migrant Workers, filed Senate Resolution (SR) No. 816 following reports that hundreds of victims were charged exorbitant placement and consultancy fees for jobs that turned […]
Senator Idol Raffy Tulfo filed a Senate resolution seeking to investigate the alleged abuse, killings, and human rights violation of the Philippine National Police (PNP) due to their persistent failure to follow police operational procedures. In filing Senate Resolution (SR) No. 767, Tulfo cited several failed operations of the members of the PNP, including that […]
Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray T. Reyes wants to investigate the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) for prioritizing the increase of its executives’ pay during the pandemic. Reyes filed House Resolution 1261 urging the House Committee on Health to conduct an investigation in aid of legislation on the tripling of Philhealth executives’ pay in 2022. Reyes […]
Senator Raffy Tulfo is seeking a Senate investigation on the rampant unfair debt collection practices of lending companies that allegedly harass borrowers and employ abusive means to collect debt. In filing Senate Resolution (SR) No. 746, Tulfo lamented that some lending companies are even posting libelous and defamatory posts on social media buy and sell […]
Senator Raffy Tulfo and Senate President Migz Zubiri are seeking a Senate investigation into the rampant road rage incidents in the country that often involve the use of firearms and endanger innocent lives. Tulfo and Zubiri filed Senate Resolution (SR) No. 769 after Wilfredo Gonzales, a dismissed police officer, was caught on video assaulting and […]
Senator Pia Cayetano and Senate President Migz Zubiri have jointly filed a resolution to call on the Senate to probe the viral road rage incident in Quezon City involving an armed dismissed police officer and an unarmed cyclist. In Senate Resolution No. 763, the two senators asserted that the incident involves public order and safety, […]
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Saturday called on the Ombudsman to go after the contractors involved in the multi-billion-peso laptop procurement deals, marred by allegations of irregularities. The senator likewise urged the anti-corruption body to undertake vigorous efforts in reclaiming public funds used in the anomalous deals. The contract was awarded by […]
Senator Raffy Tulfo criticized a move by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to take from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) the task of printing the national ID cards. During the hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance recently, Tulfo asked why the BSP, which is tasked to print money, interfered with the printing of […]