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MANILA, Philippines — To cushion the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the House of Representatives’ Defeat COVID-19 Committee (DCC) on Tuesday approved a P568 billion economic stimulus package for 2020 which includes a budget…
MANILA, Philippines — A House panel is recommending the temporary release of “qualified” persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to address the congestion in jails and detention facilities amid the COVID-19 threat. The House Committee on Justice submitted…
MANILA, Philippines — A US Senate panel has approved a resolution urging the Philippine government to free detained Senator Leila de Lima and drop all charges against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. US Senator Ed Markey, who filed…
MANILA, Philippines — A committee of the House of Representatives has discreetly approved a resolution relaxing the economic restrictions in the 1987 Constitution and extending the terms of local government officials, congressmen and senators to five years…
MANILA, Philippines — The House special committee on senior citizens has approved a bill seeking to grant cash gifts ranging from P25,000-P50,000 to senior citizens, who has reached the age of 85, 90, and 95. The still unnumbered substitute…
MANILA, Philippines — A Senate panel has recommended a lifestyle check and further investigation into close to 20 people tagged in the P11-billion shabu shipment that was uncovered in August. It underscored the “need to investigate more…
THE House of Representatives ways and means committee approved on Tuesday a bill seeking to increase the unitary excise tax on tobacco products. Panel chair and Nueva Ecija 1st District Rep. Estrellita Suansing said the panel approved…
THE bicameral conference committee on Tuesday approved the bill seeking to allow subscribers to keep their mobile phone numbers for life, in time for the entry of the third telecommunications company in the country. Under the Mobile…
THE Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office will form a panel that will conduct the preliminary investigation on the cases filed against Barangay Tejero Councilman Jessielou Cadungog and his bodyguard in connection with the shooting to death of PO3…
THE House of Representatives’ ways and means committee has approved “in principle” the proposed tax reform package “2 plus” of the Duterte administration, which aims to gradually lower the corporate income tax (CIT) while modernizing incentives for…
LEGAZPI CITY – Thieves have stolen two solar panels from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) observatory station in Guinobatan town in Albay province. Eduardo Laguerta, Phivolcs resident volcanologist here, said the solar panels power…
The new panel of prosecutors tasked to review the drug complaint against alleged drug personalities Peter Lim, Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Co and several others has issued summons to all parties in the case for a preliminary investigation…
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