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Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) and 2019 senatorial candidate Bong Go urged the youth to help in the campaign against illegal drugs, criminality and corruption. “Layuan nyo po ang droga. May kemikal po yan na nakakasira sa utak. Pag may isa sa pamilya na nasangkot sa droga, pilay na po ang buong pamilya,” […]
As the nation marked the 77th Araw ng Kagitingan and Philippine Veterans Week, the late Olongapo City Mayor James Leonard Tagle Gordon, was hailed as a hero of World War II. Gordon was given a posthumous award for his heroism in fighting for the resistance during a ceremony held at the Armed Forces of the […]
“Metro Manila is still under a water supply crisis, do we now also have a power crisis?” Rep. Winnie Castelo posed this question after successive days that parts of Metro Manila were subjected to a number of hours of power loss that started Wednesday, April 10. Castelo heads the Metro Manila Development Committee in the […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go pushed for vital legislations to address water shortage and scarcity of water sources in Metro Manila as well as communal impounding water supply facilities in far-flung areas of the country. Go said he and local political stalwarts barnstormed Calamba City and rural areas in Laguna, especially […]
Ten of the 16 candidates who have ‘statistical chance of winning’ in the May 13 midterm senatorial race are from Hugpong ng Pagbabago, a recent Pulse Asia survey showed. Reelectionist Senators Cynthia Villar and Sonny Angara and former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go lead Hugpong ng Pagbabago bets in the winning circle […]
Now that the bill granting the 20 percent student fare discount is awaiting the signature of President Duterte, reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara believes it will become a law in time for the return of students from the provinces for school opening in June. But this early, Angara, one of the authors of the measure at […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III has filed a bill seeking to abolish the 42-year-old presidential decree that imposes a travel tax on Filipinos traveling abroad. The repeal of the travel tax, especially for travels to countries within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), should have been in effect as early as Nov. 2002, following the […]
With a finite land area of 300,000 square kilometers, a population of 107.19 million, and an average annual growth rate of 1.69 percent, the passage of a national land use plan is necessary to plan and manage our land to provide for everyone’s living needs. This is according to Bahay Party-list first nominee Atty. Naealla […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III expressed dismay and displeasure that the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC), a body created under the Automated Election Law, has not yet certified the automated election system (AES) to be used in the coming national and local polls “with just a little over a month or around 30 days before May 13.” […]
Maguindanao 2nd District representative and senatorial candidate Dong Mangudadatu is hopeful that peace will still reign in Mindanao amid the Lanao Sur incident that claimed the lives of four members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the wounding of eight police personnel. Mangudadatu also wished the incident would not affect the election campaign […]