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The number of Philippine-educated nurses that took the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for the first time in 2022 was the highest in 14 years. A total of 18,617 nursing graduates from the Philippines took the NCLEX for the first time in 2022, in hopes of practicing their profession in America, said Quezon City Representative […]
The House Committee on Constitutional Amendments chaired by Cagayan de Oro City Representative Rufus Rodriguez convened recently for its second regular meeting and first public consultation on measures proposing constitutional reform. Discussed during the morning session were two House bills and a petition for indirect initiative under the initiative law. These are House Bill 6698 […]
APEC Party-list Representative Sergio Dagooc and Occidental Mindoro Lone District Representative Leody Tarriela called on the government to address power outages affecting more than 25 million Filipinos in 32 island provinces in the country. Dagooc said to help address the problem of rotational brownouts, he wrote to House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez for the augmentation […]
The House Committee on Women and Gender Equality chaired by Bataan Representative Geraldine Roman held initial deliberations on House Bills 86, 403, 3849, and 4054. These key pieces of legislation seek to amend Republic Act 9262 or the “Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004” that would address the problem of electronic violence […]
The House Committee on Muslim Affairs chaired by Lanao del Norte Representative Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo approved the amended version of HB 5045 which would amend Republic Act 9997, or the “National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) Act of 2009” to provide Muslim Filipinos outside of Mindanao better access to Shari’a courts. Dimaporo, author of the […]
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill 6492 to be known as the Magna Carta on Religious Freedom Act as it resumed session. The measure which received 256 affirmative votes, one negative vote and three abstentions, would protect the right of the people to freedom of religion as guaranteed under […]
Congress has increased to P3 billion for 2023 the budget for the direct fuel subsidies of public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers, Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo, House appropriations committee member, said. “The P500 million increase from P2.5 billion to P3 billion is factored into the 2023 General Appropriations Law,” Rillo said. “The upward adjustment is […]
The House Special Committee on Creative Industry and Performing Arts chaired by Pangasinan 4th District Representative Christopher De Venecia resumed consideration of House Resolution 451, assessing the plight of Philippine Cinema, with the intentions of promoting more film productions to generate employment, reviving its renaissance and golden era, and feasibly maximizing efforts to secure the country’s […]
The House Committee on Transportation chaired by Antipolo City Representative Romeo Acop resumed discussions on the air traffic control technical glitch that delayed flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and shut down the country’s airspace on New Year’s Day. Acop reiterated that the discussions aim to identify what happened in the Communications, Navigation, […]
The House Committee on Muslim Affairs chaired by Lanao del Norte Representative Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo adopted the substitute bill to House Bills 2587 and 3755, seeking to establish a Muslim Filipino cemetery in every city and municipality with a significant number of Muslim population. The bills are authored by Lanao del Sur Representatives Zia Alonto […]