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Citing the lack of laws to protect the rights of media practitioners, a party-list lawmaker said she has filed a bill seeking to provide media workers quality compensation and security of tenure. In a press launch, Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) Rep. Rowena Niña Taduran, who is also a former broadcast personality, […]
Antique Lone District Representative Loren Legarda is urging all Antiqueños to have “malasakit” (concern) as the mantra for their province. Legarda recently took her oath of office, together with other political leaders of the province, at the Evelio B. Javier Freedom Park in San Jose de Buenavista. “Malasakit or pag-ulikid in the Antique dialect is […]
The House of Representatives has ratified Conference Committee Report which harmonizes the provisions of House Bill 8784 and Senate Bill 1299, and provides that service charges collected by hotels, restaurants and other similar establishments shall be distributed in full to all covered employees. House Bill 9784 is principally authored by Reps. Dennis Laogan (Party-list, ANG […]
The House of Representatives has ratified the proposed “Murang Kuryente” Act which seeks to reduce electricity rates by allocating the net government share from the Malampaya fund to clear the huge debts of the National Power Corporation (Napocor) being charged to the monthly electric bill of consumers. Under the consolidated version of House Bill 8869 […]
Ang Nars Party-List has assured health workers that steps are now being taken to resolve the delayed salaries of nurses and the deployment of nurses and other public health workers. According to the party-list group, they are collaborating with the Department of Health (DOH) and other concerned government agencies and local government units. “We recognize […]
The provincial government of Pangasinan once again honored World War II veterans of the province through a commemorative program and a medical mission for them and their family members during the 74th Lingayen Gulf Landings and 12th Pangasinan Veterans’ Day. The program, which was attended by the living veterans and their family members including families […]
A “sigh of relief” for consumers. This was according to Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Winnie Castelo who is also the chair of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development regarding the recent passage of the Rice Tariffication Bill, which aims to lift the quantitative restriction on rice imports and removes the monopoly of the […]
The House Committee on Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) and Indigenous Peoples (IPs) is eyeing to craft a resolution seeking to include the concerns of IPs in the national policy agenda of President Rodrigo Duterte. During a committee hearing on the complaints of various Lumad leaders on the continuing atrocities of the New People’s Army (NPA) […]
House Agriculture Committee Chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban expressed support for the plan of President Rodrigo Duterte to place Negros Island under land reform, saying this would go a long way towards addressing the insurgency problem in the country. Last week, the President announced that he was mulling placing Negros island under land […]
The rice tariffication bill, when signed by President Rodrigo Duterte, will greatly benefit not just consumers, but rice farmers as well. This was the assurance given by House Agriculture Committee chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr., who on Monday spoke of the benefits of the measure after the bill hurdled the bicameral conference […]