Lawmaker wants elementary kids to learn agriculture skills

Jeanette Andrade 12/14/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Will planting, this time around, be fun? To motivate the youth’s interest in agriculture, Camarines Sur Rep. Gabriel Bordado Jr. has proposed a measure that will start them young — by teaching farming and…

P2,000 monthly allowance for PWDs sought

Jeanette Andrade 11/21/2022

MANILA, Philippines —  Quezon City Quezon City Rep. Patrick Michael Vargas has proposed a measure seeking to provide P2,000 monthly support to all persons with disability (PWD) and their families. Vargas filed House Bill (HB) No. 5803,…

Removal of VAT from utility bills sought

Jeanette Andrade 11/14/2022

House of Representatives deputy minority leader France Castro on Sunday asked the committee on ways and means to begin discussions on proposed measures for the removal of value added tax (VAT) from public utilities such as water,…

Bill criminalizes neglect, abandonment of elderly parents

Jeanette Andrade 10/26/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Parañaque City Rep. Gustavo Tambunting has filed a bill that will make it a crime for children to abandon or neglect their elderly parents who are unable to support themselves. Those found guilty face…

Bill requires gov’t officials to submit medical certificate

Jeanette Andrade 09/12/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Parañaque City Rep. Gus Tambunting wants all public officials and workers to submit medical certificates every year to show they are fit to work. Tambunting has refiled a measure that his wife, former Rep.…

Lawmaker: Declare vote-buying a heinous crime

Jeanette Andrade 08/08/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Rep. Anthony Golez Jr. of the Malasakit at Bayanihan party-list group has proposed a measure that would make vote-buying a heinous crime and punishable with jail time of 20 to 40 years. Golez filed House Bill…

Bill requires parking space before vehicle registration

Jeanette Andrade 08/03/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Jay Velasco wants car buyers in the country’s urban hubs to have their own parking spaces before they can register their vehicles with the Land Transportation Office (LTO). In filing House Bill…

Lagman revives divorce bill

Jeanette Andrade 07/04/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman has filed anew a bill that would legalize divorce, saying the state “cannot abandon couples and their children in a house on fire.” In filing House Bill No. 78, or…

Two-tier tax on salt used in food, drinks pushed

Jeanette Andrade 06/20/2022

MANILA, Philippines —- A health advocates’ party-list lawmaker on Sunday sought taxes on the amount of salt used in food and drinks to generate more funds for the Universal Health Care Act. Barangay Health and Wellness (BHW) party…

Overseas voting for May 9 polls off to a bad start

Donna Pazzibugan, Jeanette Andrade, Tina G. Santos 04/11/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Absentee voting for Filipinos overseas was off to a bad start, described as “chaotic and disorganized” on the first day on Sunday in Hong Kong and delayed in North America as the ballots and…

Reminder to bets: No kiss, no selfies, no handouts

Jeanette Andrade, Jerome Aning 02/08/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año reminded all candidates and their staff to abide by campaign guidelines and health protocols on Monday, a day before the start of the campaign period for…

Hard task after Sulu C-130 crash: Identifying the dead

Jeanette Andrade 07/06/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The military has recovered the bodies of all 49 soldiers and three civilians killed in Sunday’s crash of a C-130 Hercules cargo plane in Patikul, Sulu province, but now comes the hard task: matching…

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