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A party-list solon representing indigenous peoples lauded the draft charter recently approved by the Consultative Committee (ConCom) for recognizing the welfare and rights of IPs, particularly the provision mandating that seats be reserved for IPs in the legislative department under Article VII. The 22-member Con-Com that formally convened in February this year unanimously approved the […]
With voter registration for the May 2019 national and local elections resuming last Monday, July 2, a party-list solon representing indigenous peoples urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to step up its efforts to ensure that more IP members are registered. “There are only an estimated 100,000 registered IP voters nationwide.” “I hope that the […]
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) may have gone overboard with its plan to impose mandatory annual surprise drug screening tests on teachers and school children starting from the fourth grade of mostly 10-year olds, said Quezon City Rep. Winnie Castelo. “While I fully support President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature anti-narcotics campaign which has been a […]
“Flash floods have once again affected the people of Metro Manila and several areas in Luzon, and this perennial problem underlines the urgent need to call for a Flood Summit.” This according to Quezon City Rep. Winnie Castelo, Chairman of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development, during various visits to areas in Quezon City […]
Retired and soon-to-retire government employees can now look forward to more productive years beyond government service. This developed after the House of Representatives, voting 237-0 without abstention, approved on third and final reading House Bill 7445, which seeks to develop entrepreneurship skills of government employees to prepare them for better economic opportunities after working with […]
The House of Representatives has adopted House Resolution 1818 that urges the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to include psoriasis in the list of diseases and ailments covered by its health care program. The resolution aims to make psoriasis treatment available, especially to the marginalized sector, and lessen the cases in the country. The resolution, […]
The House of Representatives, voting 231-0 without abstention, approved on third and final reading the supplemental budget of P1.161 billion for 2018 to provide assistance to Dengvaxia vaccinees. House Bill 7449, authored by lawmakers led by Speaker Bebot Alvarez, authorizes the amount of P1,161,710,000 as supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2018 to provide assistance to […]
The House of Representatives has approved on second reading House Bill 725 seeking to raise the monthly pension of senior veterans to augment their resources and enable them to live decently and with dignity. The bill principally authored by Rep. Geraldine Roman provides that the old age pension of senior veterans shall be increased from […]
“Finally, more than two decades after it was first proposed, the Philippines will have its very own national ID system.” This is according to Laguna 3rd District Rep. Sol Aragones, Chairperson of the House Committee on Population and Family Relations and principal sponsor of the Philippine Identification System Act at the House of Representatives, after […]
Quezon City Rep. Winnie Castelo has taken concrete steps to pay tribute to the sacrifices of teachers in ensuring a credible and orderly elections through the filing of a bill which seeks to exempt from income tax payments their compensation from poll services. The measure, House bill 7703, seeks to exempt compensation such as allowances […]