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The Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education chaired by Senator Chiz Escudero conducted its public hearing on 25 education bills, including Senate Bill 2469 that seeks to rename the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) into the Philippine National Maritime Academy (PNMA) and provides for the establishment of school campuses in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. […]
Two lady lawmakers in the House of Representatives have filed separate bills pushing for the welfare of teachers. Bohol 3rd District Representative Kristine Alexie Tutor has filed House Bill No. 9913 unloading teachers of healthcare roles. Binan City Representative Marlyn Alonte, on the other hand, filed HB 9914 to unburden teachers of administrative tasks and functions. […]
Senior Citizen Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes said the House committee on ways and means has approved the increase to 15 percent the discount on electricity and water utilities monthly billings, but the discount is limited to households that do not consume more than 100 kilowatts per hour of electricity and 30 cubic meters of metered […]
A week into this year’s celebration of National Teachers’ Month, CamSur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is asking the Congress to put on the front burner twin measures bumping up the pay and making permanent the teaching supplies’ allowance of some 800,000 public school teachers. Villafuerte made this appeal in support of President Marcos’ renewed commitment to deliver on his 2023 […]
Five sports bills approved on third reading at the House of Representatives are now with the Senate, including House Bill 8495, which provides for Philippine Sports Commission vouchers for grassroots athletes and sports organizations. These bills, in the long term, boost the grassroots programs for future Gilas Pilipinas players, Pinoy world-class athletes like EJ Obiena, and other […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez said the House of Representatives will fast-track the passage of one of the key priority measures of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. meant to tighten the noose against smugglers of onion and other agricultural products.“As soon as the start of the 2nd Regular Session of the 19th Congress, we will immediately buckle down […]
Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III said on Labor Day that it is about time that Congress enacts a legislated wage hike as he threw his support behind a slew of proposed legislation at the Upper Chamber seeking to raise the minimum wage hike in the country. This as the Senate chief fiscalizer advised the […]
Senator Bato Dela Rosa, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, has identified five possible legislative measures and four policy reforms based on the initial investigation his panel has conducted regarding the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo. Dela Rosa said the possible legislative measures are an amendment to the […]
The Senate adjourned with 14 measures for the approval of the President, and six more approved on third and final reading. Included among the fourteen are the Condonation of Unpaid Amortization and Interest on Loans of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Act and the Act Further Strengthening Professionalism and Promoting the Continuity of Policies and Modernization Initiatives […]
Senator Lito Lapid again expressed grave concern over the rising number of student suicide cases, as DepEd reported in a Senate committee hearing that over 400 youth students nationwide took their own lives and some 2,000 others attempted suicide in Academic Year 2021-2022. Amid calls to declare a mental health emergency, Lapid asked his colleagues […]