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In light of the current security issues in the country, Senator Sonny Trillanes IV has filed a bill providing for an increase in the standing force of the Armed Forces of the Philippines through the recruitment and special enlistment of Provisional Enlisted Personnel (PEP). According to Trillanes, a former officer of the AFP, “The […]
The Senate Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises conducted a hearing on bills seeking to amend Republic Act No. 8282 to give the state-run Social Security System (SSS) more powers to enable it to grow their funds. Senator Dick Gordon, committee chair, noted that the fund life of the SSS was shortened by […]
The House committee on small business and entrepreneurship development chaired by Rep. Peter Unabia (1st District, Misamis Oriental) has approved a substitute bill which seeks to provide an alternative for employees who opt to retire from the government to venture into entrepreneurial activities. In a meeting presided by committee vice chairperson Rep. Jocelyn Limkaichong […]
Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said that the Department of Agriculture (DA) will propose to President Rodrigo Duterte the leasing of government land, including watershed areas, to private companies that will engage in agro-forestry and reforestation projects. Piñol said that he will seek the President’s approval of the Bantay Kagubatan program, a convergence project with the […]
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) may have to give up its operation of casinos, if a bill filed by Senator Ping Lacson is passed into law. Senate Bill 1471 aims to address PAGCOR’s “conflicting” roles of regulating and operating gambling casinos by having the agency focus on regulating the industry and giving […]
The 14-million member-strong cooperative movement represented by COOP-NATCCO Partylist Rep. Anthony Bravo thanked leaders of the House of Representatives on Wednesday after they committed to retain the tax exemptions currently extended to the country’s close to ten thousand cooperatives. House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas had earlier announced that the tax exemptions of cooperatives would […]
Senator Chiz Escudero wants a fresh investigation into the misuse of the P10-billion Priority Development Assistant Fund (PDAF) to identify the rest of the money that went into the hands of individuals and various non-government organizations similar to the bogus people’s organizations created by suspected pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles. Escudero, however, […]
Senator Loren Legarda said that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should address the need to bring about more equitable and sustainable economic development across the region and to promote stronger regional cooperation. Legarda said that the Philippines, as Chair of ASEAN 2017, has an excellent opportunity to steer ASEAN’s work in ways […]
“The best way to commemorate Labor Day is to continue to work to protect the welfare of the Filipino Worker, who continues to be denied rights guaranteed by our Constitution.” This according to Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, who on Labor Day reiterated the need to pass a law strengthening the prohibition against […]
Like President Rodrigo Duterte, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Gina Lopez has zero tolerance for corruption and is ready to act on complaints regarding DENR official and employees brought to her attention by the public. “Ako sa DENR, one strike, out (for me, in the DENR, one strike, out),” emphasized Lopez […]