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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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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