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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will further intensify its remediation efforts in Manila Bay starting next year to help improve water quality and stop further environmental degradation as so ordered by the Supreme Court (SC). The DENR is scheduled to meet with stakeholders to discuss measures to reduce the volume of indiscriminately […]
Quezon City Representative Winnie Castelo has urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to allow Angkas to continue its operation for the sake of public interest. The Supreme Court recently issued a temporary restraining order against a Mandaluyong Court decision that banned authorities from apprehending drivers operating under motorcycle-hailing firm, Angkas. A mere DO can suffice […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to consider reintegrating Filipino and Panitikan (Filipino literature) into the mandatory college core curriculum in light of protests coming from the academe and Filipino literary figures. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Sub-Committee on Education Reform, said that after the Supreme Court upheld the validity […]
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) can motu proprio (on its own) dismiss the disqualification case filed by lawyer Ferdinand Topacio against re-electionist Senator Koko Pimentel III, even without requiring the senator to answer the petition, an election lawyer said. Lawyer Romulo Macalintal noted that the Supreme Court (SC) has already ruled on the issue being […]