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A leader of the House of Representatives said Congress should review the unbundling of the oil prices and the inclusion of the minimum inventory requirements provision to the Oil Deregulation Law amid skyrocketing oil prices. House Committee on Economic Affairs chair Rep. Sharon Garin said the country experienced an average increase of P5-5.85 per liter […]
The chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts stressed the need to make a more economical, yet equally effective, child pneumonia vaccine accessible to the public to help save the government billions of pesos in losses. Probinsyano Ako Party-list Representative Jose Singson Jr. made the call as he urged Congress to look into the […]
A party-list lawmaker called for an expanded fuel subsidy program for the transport sector to widen the reach and provide assistance to those in the provinces and countryside areas amid the successive oil price hikes. ACT-CIS Representative Eric Yap said the country is already on the verge of a fuel crisis with the tight global […]
A lawmaker at the House of Representatives lauded the signing into law of a measure that raises the minimum age of sexual consent from 12 to 16, describing it as “a major step forward” toward justice and equality. Agusan del Norte Representative Lawrence Fortun said the new law not only increases the age for determining […]
Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez said there is more compelling reason to suspend the excise taxes on oil products due to the worsening Russia-Ukraine crisis, as he echoed his fellow lawmakers’ appeal for leaders of Congress to recommend to President Rodrigo Duterte the holding of a special session. “I support the proposal of my colleagues for […]
The chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts expressed support for the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s report on the Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. investigation. Probinsyano Ako Party-list Representative Jose Singson Jr. said his panel would have submitted recommendations that are nearly identical to those presented by the Senate Blue Ribbon panel in its probe on […]
A member of the House of Representatives said the government should implore the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to kindly look upon the Philippines and temper any upward pressure on crude oil, specifically Dubai crude. ACT-CIS party-list Representative Jocelyn Tulfo made the statement in light of oil prices reaching $100 a barrel after […]
Lawmakers at the House of Representatives mourned the death of Tarlac Rep. Carlos “Charlie” Cojuangco. House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the lower chamber “mourns the loss of one of its political party leaders”. “His untimely demise leaves a void in the Nationalist People’s Coalition and the entire House supermajority coalition.” “His untimely demise leaves […]
A lawmaker called for the immediate release of fuel subsidy and other forms of assistance for farmers and fisherfolk amid the soaring prices of oil in the international market. Magsasaka Party-list Representative Argel Cabatbat said the successive oil price increases have an indirect effect on the prices of farm inputs, especially since farmers and fisherfolk […]
Makati City Representative Luis Campos Jr. warned condominium and subdivision developers against forming exclusive deals with a sole internet service provider (ISP), saying they risk getting slapped with administrative fines of up to P100 million. “The law is very clear. These exclusionary arrangements with an in-house ISP are prohibited. They are unlawful barriers to the […]