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Quezon City Rep. Winnie Castelo appealed to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to create a special lane for overseas Filipino workers renewing their passports amid reports of clogging in the DFA online appointment system. “Please don’t make passport renewal difficult for OFWs, especially those who are in the country for a short vacation, and […]
Senator Bam Aquino has reminded the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) not to leave public schools including state universities and colleges (SUCs) behind as it prepares to rollout Republic Act (RA) 10929, otherwise known as the Free Internet Access Program in Public Places Law. Aquino is the principal sponsor and co-author of the […]
The House Committee on Information and Communications Technology, chaired by Rep. Victor Yap (2nd District, Tarlac) has approved a substitute bill, seeking the establishment of a “No Calls and No Text Registration” System to protect phone subscribers from solicited calls and spam text messages. Under the proposed measure, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) shall have […]
Rep. Cesar Sarmiento (Lone District, Catanduanes), chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, has approved the creation of a technical working group (TWG) to fine tune and further deliberate on a measure seeking to require driver’s education for professional truck drivers as a means to promote road safety. The TWG is tasked to incorporate and […]
The House Committee on Health chaired by Rep. Angelina Tan (4th District, Quezon) is set to tackle a bill seeking to create a medical center that will provide affordable treatment for ear, nose, throat, head and neck (ENTHN) disorders. Alvarez said the PEC will focus on treating people suffering from ENTHN diseases who are unable […]
The House Committee on Appropriations approved a substitute bill seeking to regulate the practice of criminology profession in the country through the creation of the Professional Regulatory Board of Criminologists (PRBC). The proposed legislation titled “The Philippine Criminology Profession Act” will repeal Republic Act 6506, otherwise known as “An Act Creating the Board of Examiners […]
The House Committee on Agrarian Reform chaired by Rep. Rene Relampagos (1st District, Bohol) has approved a substitute bill seeking to prohibit the conversion of irrigated and irrigable lands for non-agricultural purposes. The measure seeks to address threats to food security in the country by amending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 (CARP) or […]
Senator Joel Villanueva hailed the construction of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark project linking Tutuban in Divisoria, Manila, to the City of Malolos in his home province of Bulacan. A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Advance Construction Mobilization for Phase I of the Clark railway at an open area in Maria Socorro, Marilao, […]
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading and transmitted to the Senate for concurrence House Bill 6683, which declares the province of La Union a tourist destination and “Surfing Capital of the North.” Rep. Vini Nola Ortega (Party-list, ABONO), the bill’s principal author, said the proposal aims not only to showcase the […]
The House Committee on Energy has approved a bill seeking to streamline the process of securing the necessary permits for power generation projects through an Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop (EVOSS). The unnumbered substitute bill aims to ensure consumer access to quality, reliable and secure electrical power at reasonable cost through measures that guarantee supply meeting […]