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The Commission on Appointments (CA) has received the appointment papers for 278 newly promoted senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), CA Assistant Minority Leader and Surigao del Sur Representative Johnny Pimentel said. “We have a new batch of senior military officials awaiting confirmation from the CA. They are led by Maj. […]
The congressional Commission on Appointments (CA) has received the appointment papers of newly designated Transportation Secretary Vivencio “Vince” Dizon. “We have already received Secretary Dizon’s papers, as well as those of newly appointed Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Jaybee Ruiz,” CA Assistant Minority Leader and Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel announced in a statement […]
Congress has allocated an additional P500 million to the Calamity Fund to bolster the country’s disaster preparedness and long-term climate resilience, Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo, a member of the House committee on appropriations, announced. “In the 2025 General Appropriations Law, we earmarked P21 billion for the Calamity Fund. This is P500 million more than […]
The House of Representatives’ labor and employment committee chair and Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Thursday reassured workers that “the fight for better wages is still not dead” despite the wage hike bill’s failure to be passed on third reading before session adjourned this week. “Magpapatuloy po ang session sa June, at magkakaroon […]
Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) Director General Joel Joseph Marciano Jr. leads the list of 319 presidential appointees awaiting confirmation from the Commission on Appointments (CA) before Congress adjourns later this week. “Besides Director General Marciano, there are 318 other officials pending confirmation as of January 27,” Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel, CA assistant minority […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez assured the country’s nearly 1 million public school teachers that the House of Representatives will pay specific and more attention to their plight, particularly in terms of salaries and benefits, as well as additional classrooms and equipment such as computers. “In all of the challenges that you face, we in Congress must […]
Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III challenged Congress to stop merely acting tough and instead exercise real power over the Vice President’s budget. In an interview with radio DzBB, Pimentel said Congress should take seriously Vice President Sara Duterte’s statement that she would leave it with Congress what to decide with her budget. Duterte is […]
Ahead of this year’s school opening, National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte has called on the 19th Congress to help our President and newly named Education Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara carry out the national learning recovery program in the third year of the Marcos administration by writing laws that will uplift our teachers and […]
The congressional Commission on Appointments (CA) will conduct separate confirmation hearings on May 21, for Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac and a batch of 33 newly promoted military generals and colonels. CA Assistant Minority Leader and Surigao del Sur Representative Johnny Pimentel said Cacdac will be vetted by the CA’s Committee on Labor, Employment, Social Welfare […]
Newly designated Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac and 25 other presidential appointees will undergo grilling by the congressional Commission on Appointments (CA) this month, according to Surigao del Sur Representative Johnny Pimentel. “We already have Secretary Cacdac’s appointment papers from Malacañang, together with the promotion papers of eight military generals and 17 career diplomats,” […]