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A party-list lawmaker urged the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to consider shortening the quarantine period for fully vaccinated international travelers who have negative COVID-19 test results. ACT-CIS Party-list Representative Rowena Taduran said the long quarantine in the hotel room for healthy passengers is a “burden financially, emotionally and […]
The House of Representatives adopted a resolution urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to exercise scholastic leniency to students of the K to 12 basic education program for School Year (SY) 2020-2021 by giving them an automatic passing mark. The chamber adopted House Resolution 2267, which aims to protect the students’ health and well-being in […]
Major flood control projects are underway in the 3rd district of Negros Occidental where various localities experienced massive floods that displaced thousands in the early days of January this year. Representative Jose Francisco Benitez said they requested for a funding of about P6.6 billion mainly from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for […]
Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda wants more funding for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for 2022 to support its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) which empowers the country’s vulnerable and marginalized communities. Legarda said DSWD’s budget for SLP should be increased to ensure that poor Filipino households, especially those transitioning under the Pantawid Pamilyang […]
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading the proposed P5.024-trillion budget for 2022. With 238 affirmative votes, 6 negative votes, and no abstention, the chamber passed House Bill 10153, or the 2022 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), which is the last full year budget to be enacted under the administration of President Rodrigo […]
Despite being in the hospital due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), First District Representative Paolo Duterte made sure sacks of rice and cash assistance were given out to all traffic enforcers in Davao City. The lawmaker’s office said around 948 pieces of 10 kilograms of rice and cash assistance were distributed to the City […]
Two lawmakers from Mindanao want to provide funding for state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) that have zero allocations in the 2022 national budget proposal. Deputy Speaker Mujiv Hataman of the Lone District of Basilan and Anak Mindanao party-list Representative Amihilda Sangcopan filed House Resolution No. 2251, […]
A lawmaker said the Department of Education (DepEd) should set up safeguards against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission in the 120 schools identified for the pilot implementation of face-to-face classes. Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon said that in addition to the vaccination requirement for teachers and non-teaching staff, measures that will address transmission in schools […]
The House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure seeking to extend the voter registration deadline for another 30 days. With 193 affirmative votes, the chamber approved House Bill 10261, which proposes to fix the last day of registration of voters for the 2022 polls. Currently, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) set the deadline on September […]
The national government has allocated up to P34 billion next year for right-of-way (ROW) payments as the Duterte administration lays the groundwork for the sustained construction of large, multiphase public infrastructure projects, Surigao del Sur Representative Johnny Pimentel said. “The ROW payments next year will assure the full completion of several ongoing projects under the […]