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Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel underscored the importance of public forum and town hall meetings in enhancing political discourse and urged his fellow candidates in Marikina to join public discussions on the city’s problems and solutions. Pimentel expressed his disappointment over the absence of some candidates at the Marikina Candidates Forum hosted by Rappler recently. […]
A lawmaker proposed to postpone the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to Oct. 9, 2023. In filing House Bill 1367, Davao Oriental Representative Cheeno Miguel Almario emphasized the need to “buy more time” for Filipinos and the country to recover from the impact of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In […]
Newly-elected Bayambang, Pangasinan Mayor Mary Clare Judith Phyllis “Niña” Jose-Quiambao has vowed to put focus on the mental health of her constituents amid the effects of the pandemic. In her speech during her inauguration, Jose-Quiambao said she is alarmed at the rise in suicide cases in this town hence, her plan to address mental health […]
Senator Win Gatchalian hailed the Senate’s third reading approval of a measure that seeks to exempt poll workers’ honoraria and other benefits from income tax. Senate Bill No. 2520, which Gatchalian co-authored, excludes from gross income the honoraria, travel allowance, and other benefits granted by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to persons rendering election service. […]
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Kiko Pangilinan reminded the 65 million Filipino voters of their power to change for the better the political landscape in the Philippines, telling them not to waste this opportunity to elect competent leaders. Citing the slow government response to COVID, Pangilinan urged the attendees of the CEBUyass! campaign caravan at the […]
PHILRECA Party-List Representative Presley De Jesus proposes the passage of legislative measures that clamp down on vegetable smuggling activities. In his statement, he mentions how the government can address these unfair and illegal practices and protect our local farmers and consumers. Included in his proposal to protect the agricultural sector is (1) to intensify the […]
Young entrepreneur Luigi LRV Villafuerte is the runaway winner in the gubernatorial race in the province of Camarines Sur, based on the most recent pre-election survey by the prominent pollster Pulse Asia that showed him getting a third more than the combined votes of his four other rivals that include a former Cabinet secretary and […]
The National Center of Electric Cooperatives’ Consumers (NCECCO) has elected former National Electrification Administration (NEA) administrator Edgardo Rama Masongsong as its Secretary-General.NCECCO is the national organization of Electric Cooperatives’ (ECs) MCOs or Member-Consumer-Owners that espouses a vision of being a vanguard of the rights and interests of all electricity consumers nationwide, which Masongsong upholds to […]
A House lawmaker representing teachers urged the Senate to swiftly pass a measure exempting election servers such as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) from having their honoraria subjected to income and other withholding taxes. In a statement, ACT Teachers Representative France Castro said imposing a tax on the honoraria and allowances of […]
In an election where 40% of incumbent party-list groups lost in their reelection bid, anybody and everybody would wonder why, and how.This article will not attempt to answer why 17 out of the 46 incumbent party-list groups lost in their reelection bid in the 2019 midterm elections. It will, however, emphasize how difficult it was, […]