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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) fund to assist OFWs in distress will jump two-and-half times to P1 billion in 2018, while a legal fund, also managed by the DFA, will double to P200 million, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said. Recto hailed the twin budgetary initiatives as “good news long overdue” even as […]
The Senate approved on final reading several House bills which seek to create new barangays in Metro Manila and other provinces. Senator Sonny Angara, chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government and sponsor of the bills, said the creation of the new barangays would give local governments officials the power and funds they […]
Shorter lines and less time spent at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and branches of the Land Transportation Office (LTO). This would be the immediate benefit of new laws signed by President Rodrigo Duterte extending the validity of passports and drivers’ licenses, according to Senate President Koko Pimentel III, who said that the […]
2,000 new leaders took their oaths as members of the PDP Laban before Party President and Senate President Koko Pimentel III in Biñan, Laguna. Led by Laguna’s “A Team” – Congresswomen Arlene Arcillas (1st District of Laguna), Marlyn Alonte (City of Biñan), and Sol Aragones (3rd District of Laguna) – and accompanied by Senior […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has expressed confidence that the Senate would be ready to act on priority legislation which will complement the economic agenda outlined by President Rodrigo Duterte during his second State of the Nation Address (SONA). “It is encouraging that the President devoted more attention to economic issues during this year’s SONA. I […]
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III announced the legislative priorities of the Upper House, measures that he said would “address issues of national importance.” At the opening of the Second Regular Session of the Senate of the 17th Congress, Pimentel said the Senate would fast-track legislation that would ease the burden of Filipino workers, […]
Senator Joel Villanueva is set to file a bill penalizing those who ‘maliciously’ create and intentionally spread fake news in print, broadcast or online following the false claims of Justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre implicating some opposition lawmakers in the conflict in Marawi City. “We intend to file a bill that would penalize any person […]
Alarmed by reports on the presence of child combatants amid the clash between the Maute fighters and government troops in Marawi City, Senator Sonny Angara has called on government authorities to stop terrorist groups from using children to participate in hostilities. “Talaga pong nakakaalarma na pati ang ating mga kabataan na walang kamalay-malay ay […]
Senator Loren Legarda hailed the Senate’s approval of the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act. Legarda, co-sponsor of the bill, said that the measure institutionalizes the provision of full tuition fee subsidy for students enrolled in all of the country’s state universities and colleges (SUCs), local […]
Members of the House of Representatives adjourned the First Regular Session of the 17th Congress with their hard work and commitment to genuine change resulting in a rich production of pro-people legislative measures, some of which had already been enacted into law while others hurdled the second and third reading in plenary, and the […]