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As the government gears up to implement the 6-month closure of Boracay, the House Committee on Tourism approved House Bill 6093, seeking to create the Tourism Resiliency Certification Program (TRCP). The program aims to prevent, mitigate and control possible damages arising from risks or threats to the tourism industry, such as violence, terrorism, and environmental […]
Two out of three House panels on Monday approved House Bill 6475, seeking to provide for the Basic Law for the Bangsamoro (BBL) and abolishing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The House committee on Muslim affairs, voting 5-3, and special committee on peace, unity and reconciliation, voting 6-4, approved the motion to pass […]
A technical working group (TWG) of the House committee on basic education and culture has started fine tuning House Bill 473, which seeks to regulate the class size in all public schools in the country. The proposed measure, also known as the “Public School Class Size Law of 2016” also seeks to prescribe additional compensation […]
Ride-hailing monopoly Grab and not its more than 50,000 drivers including those who transitioned from rival Uber should shoulder the refund of P1.8 billion to commuters as a result of its unauthorized PhP 2 per minute additional travel duration charges.” This according to Quezon City Rep. Winnie Castelo, chairman of the House Committee on Metro […]
“We cannot expect our special forces to risk life and limb if we cannot even give them what little is due to them.” This according to Quezon City Rep. Winnie Castelo, chairman of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development, amid reports that allowances for members of the Philippine National Police – Special Action Forces […]
Senator Panfilo Lacson is pushing a Senate investigation into a PhP 59.8 million mess involving the withholding of daily subsistence allowance and explosive ordnance disposal hazardous pay for the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) elite Special Action Force (SAF). Lacson said the withholding of such allowances, if true, threatens to demoralize members of the SAF, who […]
Senator Sonny Angara is pushing anew for the passage of a bill that aims to strengthen existing rights and raise the benefits and allowances of the members of the Philippine National Police (PNP), amid the alleged P60-million unreleased allowances of the elite Special Action Force (SAF). “Kakarampot na nga lamang na allowance, nagawa pang ipagdamot […]
Senator Sonny Angara is urging the government to develop a holistic solution to the environmental problems and other issues that triggered the temporary closure of the world-famous Boracay Island. “What we need are not small and superficial remedies but a holistic solution that incorporates all aspects of the problems facing the island,” Angara said. “It […]
Senator Nancy Binay scored the Bureau of Immigration (BI) for its excessive use of authority in arresting a 71-year old missionary. “Apparently, the Bureau of Immigration used excessive authority in connection with the arrest of Sister Patricia, and has acted on a mistaken perception plucked from an imaginary threat. Ang tanong e ‘how can a […]
If smuggled goods like luxury cars are being destroyed by the government with much hoopla, then why not do the same to ships that knowingly transport contraband from abroad? Ships that wittingly carry smuggled goods such as rice in large quantities should be seized and confiscated, and if allowed by law, “destroyed, sank, be made […]