House OKs early voting for senior citizens, PWDs

Nestor Corrales 08/25/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow early voting for senior citizens and persons with disability (PWDs) in the national and local elections. Voting 196-0-0, the lower chamber passed…

House OKs lower tax rates for private schools

Nestor Corrales 08/24/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third and final reading a bill that would lower tax rates for proprietary schools and allow them to avail of the 10-percent preferential rate on taxable…

House panel OKs absolute divorce bill

Nestor Corrales 08/18/2021

The House committee on population and family relations unanimously approved on Tuesday the proposed absolute divorce bill. The measure will now be up for plenary debates. The bill seeks to reinstate absolute divorce as an alternative mode…

COA also scores DOH ‘wastage’ of meds, supplies

Nestor Corrales 08/14/2021

The Commission on Audit (COA) has found that the Department of Health (DOH) had procured P95.15 million worth of medicines and medical supplies that were not being used because they were either expired, soon to expire or…

VP has no immunity from suit, lawyers agree

Nestor Corrales, TIna Santos 07/20/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Contrary to the declaration of President Rodrigo Duterte at the controversial gathering of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) on Saturday, the vice president enjoys “no immunity from suit,” several lawyers agreed on…

House OKs bill to address taxes for private schools

Meg Adonis, Nestor Corrales 06/15/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The House ways and means committee on Monday approved in principle a substitute bill that would define the tax rates for proprietary schools to allow them to avail of the 10-percent preferential rate on…

Lawmakers push P420-billion Bayanihan 3

Nestor Corrales 02/08/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Reeling from public criticism of lawmakers’ desire to tinker with the Constitution, there is now an emerging consensus in the House of Representatives to pass a third big-time economic stimulus package to shore up…

House OKs Duterte power to stop PhilHealth, SSS premium hikes

Nestor Corrales 02/02/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading two separate bills authorizing President Rodrigo Duterte to legally suspend the scheduled increases in Philippine Health Insurance Corp. and the Social Security…

DepEd urged to reinforce English as medium of instruction

Nestor Corrales 01/25/2021

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker on Sunday said English was not being taught effectively in elementary and high schools in the country, leading to the dismal performance of Filipino students in global reading, math, and science assessments.…

Drug war deaths worsened amid COVID-19 pandemic

Nestor Corrales, Nikka G. Valenzuela 09/26/2020

MANILA, Philippines — At least 201 drug suspects were killed during the pandemic, data from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) showed. PDEA on Friday said that as of Aug. 31, 5,856 drug suspects were killed under…

Parojinog death in jail seen as major blow to Kuratong gang

Jigger J. Jerusalem, Nestor Corrales, Ryan Rosauro 09/05/2020

ILIGAN CITY — Former Ozamiz City Councilor Ricardo Parojinog, believed to be the leader of the notorious Kuratong Baleleng Gang, was found dead inside his detention cell at the Ozamiz City Police Station on Friday, according to…

Village chief probed for sex during Zoom meeting

Nestor Corrales 08/28/2020

A village chief in Dasmariñas town in Cavite will be investigated and may even be removed from office after being caught on video engaging in a sexual act via Zoom, the Department of the Interior and Local…

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