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Speaker Martin Romualdez hailed the recent enactment of a bill mandating private higher educational institutions (HEIs) to waive college entrance examination fees for qualified students, which has lapsed into law and takes effect immediately. This new legislation aims to alleviate the financial burden on deserving students and their families, ensuring that higher education opportunities are […]
The House Committee on Higher and Technical Education chaired by Baguio City Representative Mark Go convened recently to deliberate on House measures seeking to enhance access to higher education through the establishment of satellite and regular campuses of state universities across the provinces. One of the bills approved at the committee level was House Bill […]
Surigao del Sur Representative Johnny Pimentel, vice chairperson of the House committee on legislative franchises, has berated Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) for imposing a “convenience fee” of P15 per transaction on customers who pay their monthly electricity bills using the company’s online portal. “Meralco is nickel-and-diming its 7.9 million customers with the extra charge on […]
The House Committee on Transportation chaired by Antipolo City Representative Romeo Acop began its inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the recent 2024 BOSS Ironman Motorcycle Challenge (BIMC) Luzon leg, which resulted in the death of two non-participant riders.Acop said that aside from dealing with safety issues, the committee wants to know on who should […]
House Human Rights Committee Chair Benny Abante warned officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) that they would be held in contempt if they did not stop taking photos of the families of victims of alleged extrajudicial killings who had been invited to Congress’ ongoing hearings on the conduct of the drug war under the […]
A senior member of Congress sees the Philippines losing fewer mothers and newborns as a result of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s decision to give supplemental cash assistance to pregnant and lactating women under the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). “The additional targeted cash aid ordered by Malacañang will go a long way in improving […]
The commander of the armed forces in the disputed waters of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) heads the list of 15 newly promoted generals and senior naval officers whose papers have been forwarded by Malacañang to the congressional Commission on Appointments (CA) for confirmation hearings. “The CA has received the appointment papers of Philippine Navy […]
The House Committee on Energy met for the third time to discuss possible ways forward to address the frequent power outages in Basilan, which Basilan Lone District Rep. Mujiv Hataman raised in House Resolution (HR) 1157.Hataman called for the inquiry because the outages are “discouraging investors from investing in (Basilan), and hampering the delivery of […]
At the resumption of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs hearings into the multi-billion peso drug hauls in Pampanga and Subic recently, committee chairman Surigao del Norte 2nd District Representative Robert Ace Barbers wondered how one businessman can have Philippine and Chinese passports despite China’s prohibition of dual citizenship.Barbers asserted that Henry Bigay, also known as […]
Bukidnon Representative Jonathan Keith Flores has decided to co-author House Bill 3559, filed by former Congressman and former Senator Ralph Recto, who now serves as Secretary of Finance. “I have chosen to adopt House Bill 3559 because, among others, it will abolish the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, transfer its regulatory powers to the Philippine […]