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The chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Labor and Employment thumbed down the policy of making coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination a mandatory condition for work being implemented by some businesses. 1PACMAN Party-list Representative Enrico Pineda said the “no jab, no job” policy requiring a person to be vaccinated so that he or […]
A lawmaker said it is necessary to construct distinct field offices for constitutional bodies separate from the local executive and legislative offices to show the constitutional independence and autonomy of these offices. Iligan City Representative Frederick Siao said the constitutional independence and autonomy of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the Civil Service Commission (CSC), Commission […]
Selected owners of sari-sari stores and poor working students in Iloilo City received cash assistance from the office of Taguig–Pateros’s 1st District Representative Alan Peter Cayetano. 20 owners of sari-sari stores received P3,500 each while 20 indigent working students received P10,000 each as financial aid coursed through the office of Iloilo City Lone District Representative […]
A Mindanao lawmaker appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent a measure providing monetary compensation for residents affected by the Marawi City siege. Anak Mindanao Party-list Representative Amihilda Sangcopan said the immediate passage of the Marawi Compensation bill would help fast-track the promised rehabilitation to the war-torn city and the immediate return of […]
A party-list lawmaker called on the Senate to fast-track the approval of a measure creating the Department of Disaster Resilience following the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Maring in North Luzon. ACT-CIS Party-list Representative Eric Go Yap, who is also the legislative caretaker of Benguet, made the call after “Maring” left several landslides in the […]
The AGRI Party-list has called on the government to quickly release all available funds to help farmers and fisherfolk affected by Severe Tropical Storm Maring, which battered various areas in the country last week. “We hope that the Department of Agriculture and other government agencies will quickly download all available funds so our farmers and […]
The chair of the House Committee on Creative Industry and Performing Arts appealed to the local government units (LGUs) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to temporarily suspend the collection of the taxes from the local movies for at least 12 months. Pangasinan Representative Christopher de Venecia made the appeal as he welcomed the […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Southern Leyte Representative Roger Mercado as the acting secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways. Duterte signed Mercado’s appointment paper recently, based on a copy released by Malacañang. Mercado replaced resigned Public Works Secretary Mark Villar. Mercado replaced resigned Public Works Secretary Mark Villar who is eyeing a […]
The House of Representatives led by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco joined the celebration of the 2021 National Cooperative Month, through a program dubbed “Punyagi at Tagumpay sa Gitna ng Pandemya”. The event organized by the House Committee on Cooperatives Development chaired by Rep. Presley de Jesus (Party-list, PHILRECA) formed part of the activities of the House in […]
A lawmaker appealed to the Department of Energy (DOE) to expedite the process of approvals for power plants, especially for renewable energy (RE), as the possibility of “energy crunch” looms due to the impact of oil price hikes. Albay Representative Joey Salceda said the possible “energy crunch,” or a rise in power and fuel costs, […]