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After both houses of Congress ratified the reconciled version of the bill making tuition in public colleges free, Malacañang should include the cost of the program in the 2018 national budget. The call was made by Senator Ralph Recto, author of the bill, who said that without funds to bankroll it, the bill, even […]
Senators already finished the period of interpellations on Senate Bill No. 1363 or the “Telecommuting Act of 2017”, moving the proposed measure closer to becoming a law. “We have already started the period of individual amendments, and we hope to pass the measure on third and final reading before the last day of session […]
The House committee on agriculture and food has passed a substitute bill which seeks to convert the assets of the coconut levy into a trust fund for the benefit of coconut farmers nationwide. The committee approved the proposed “An Act Establishing the Coconut Farmers And Industry Development Trust Fund And Providing For Its Management […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has filed a bill which seeks to increase the public share from the mining industry by reforming the mining fiscal regime and mandating transparency in the extractive sector. Villanueva’s Senate Bill No. 1166 or the “Maximizing Benefits from Mineral and Mineral Products and Quarry Resources Act” requires companies to pay royalty […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Gina Lopez may be one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s most popular appointees, but if given a chance to run for public office, Lopez said she would rather serve the country in other ways. “Nakita ko yung buhay ng mga congressmen at senators (I’ve seen the lives […]
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has sponsored Senate Bill No. 807 or the bill increasing the monthly Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) granted to all government employees. In the sponsorship speech delivered by Trillanes, he said, “In 1993, President Fidel Ramos signed Administrative Order No. 53, which granted Five Hundred Peso additional compensation to all […]
An earthquake rumbles and buildings collapse, a mudslide thunders down a mountain onto a village, a typhoon wreaks destruction as it roars across the islands reducing buildings to rubble. Almost before the dust settles, Philippines K9 SAR Teams (Search and Rescue) are there, searching for victims. With a sense of smell far more powerful than a […]