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Tourism destinations throughout the country can count on another P6.4 billion in fresh national government funding to further develop their access roads, Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo, vice chairperson of the House committee on tourism, said. “We have the sum of P6.4 billion for the Tourism Road Infrastructure Program (TRIP) in the 2025 national budget,” […]
Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo said the national government is set to spend an initial P3 billion for the P10,000 cash gift of elderly Filipinos reaching the milestone ages of 80, 85, 90, and 95 years old. “Based on the 2025 National Expenditure Program, the government intends to spend up to P3 billion for the initial […]
The House of Representatives adopted House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 31, a measure supporting the proposal for the creation of a Cabinet Cluster for Education to ensure the cohesive and coherent implementation of education laws, policies, reforms and regulations among the departments, bureaus, commission and offices in the executive branch of government. HCR 31 also urges […]
The House Committee on Appropriations, chaired by Ako Bicol Party-list Representative Zaldy Co, terminated the deliberation on the proposed 2025 budget of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) totaling P11.101 billion. Committee senior vice chairperson and Marikina City Representative Stella Luz Quimbo acknowledged that DAR’s financial support mechanisms, such as the allocation of billions in […]
The House of Representatives is moving to strengthen the support system for Filipino athletes by revisiting and potentially amending Republic Act (RA) No. 10699, the National Athletes and Coaches Benefits and Incentives Act. The announcement was made by no less than Speaker Martin Romualdez during a hero’s welcome held by the House of Representatives for […]
The House of Representatives approved on second reading House Bill 10723 which seeks to exempt from taxes the incentives, rewards, bonuses and other forms of emoluments received by national athletes and coaches. Quirino Representative Midy Cua, the sponsor of the measure, said HB 10723 not only exempts rewards awarded by brands and companies following a […]
The House Committee on Games and Amusement approved the Committee Report on House Bill (HB) 9996 which seeks to prohibit any activity related to online cockfighting. The committee recognized that prohibiting online cockfighting, more commonly known as e-sabong, will not be an easy task. In 2022, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. issued Executive Order (EO) […]
Davao City First District Representative Paolo Z. Duterte pushed for the passage of a bill requiring elected and appointed public officials to undergo random drug testing through hair follicle tests every six months. Being at the forefront of public service with the mandate towards integrity and modesty, Duterte said, it is imperative that public officials and […]
House of Representatives Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan filed a bill seeking to establish the new Samar Island Region, in an effort to decentralize and boost up the delivery of essential national government services to some of the least developed provinces in the country. As proposed by Libanan in House Bill No. 10727, the three provinces of […]
Five ranking members of the House of Representatives have openly called for reforms to boost the country’s sports sector in the wake of the four-medal Olympic harvest and new national records set by Filipino Olympians in Paris. BHW Party-list Representative Angelica Natasha Co, vice chair of the House appropriations committee, and Senior Citizens Party-list Representative […]