Marcos signs law transforming Neda into DepDev

Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral - @inquirerdotnet 04/12/2025

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has signed a law that reorganizes the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda), transforming the state’s main socioeconomic planning agency into a full-fledged executive department named as the Department of Economy, Planning…

Kiko vows to pass bill for free breakfast to K-12 students 

Futch Anthony Inso 04/10/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Former Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has vowed to introduce a bill in the Senate that would provide free breakfast to students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Pangilinan made the announcement during his visit…

Gov’t asked to certify P200 wage bill as urgent

Jerome Aning, Krixia Subingsubing 04/06/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The chair of the House committee on labor and employment and the country’s major labor groups, in separate statements, are making an appeal to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to certify as urgent the P200…

Marcos set to sign landmark law protecting rights of 500,000 Filipino seafarers

TIna Santos 09/23/2024

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos is set to sign a bill on Monday that will protect the rights and welfare of about 500,000 Filipino seafarers, Senate President Francis Escudero said. “This law ensures that no Filipino seafarer…

Bill seeks to penalize publication, airing of victims’ personal details

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 04/30/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Camiguin Rep. Jurdin Jesus Romualdo filed on Monday House Bill (HB) No. 10277, which seeks to make it unlawful “for any person to broadcast by any means, without consent of the victim or the victim’s…

Iraq passes bill sentencing same-sex acts to 10-15 years’ jail

Agence France Presse 04/28/2024

Iraq’s parliament passed a bill on Saturday criminalizing same-sex relations, which will receive a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, in a move rights groups condemned as an “attack on human rights.” Transgender people will…

Tulfo’s bill seeks to impose stricter penalties for drunk drivers

Charie Abarca 02/14/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to impose stricter penalties for drunk drivers, including a fine of up to P1,000,000, has been filed by Senator Raffy Tulfo. At present, the current law penalizes drunk drivers who caused…

Frasco’s proposal for access to affordable caskets pass committee deliberations

Doris C. Bongcac 11/23/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A bill that seeks to provide every Filipino family access to affordable and decent caskets for their departed loved ones passed deliberations by the Committee on Trade and Industry at the House of Representatives.…

QC lawmaker pushes passage of adolescent pregnancy prevention bill

Faith Argosino 06/04/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City 1st district Rep. Juan Carlos “Arjo” Atayde is pushing for the passage of a measure seeking to prevent adolescent pregnancy in the country, which has the highest teenage birth rates among member-states…

Zubiri: Senate eyes 3rd reading approval for Maharlika Fund, other priority bills

Sofia Abrogar 05/27/2023

MANILA, Philippines— The Senate is expected to approve on third and final reading the Maharlika Investment Fund Act before the sine die adjournment of the 19th Congress’ first regular session,  Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said on…

Who is a seafarer under the Magna Carta?

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 04/11/2023

A Seafarer refers to any person who “is employed or engaged or works in any capacity on board a ship to which this Act applies”. The definition is lifted from House Bill 7325 or the proposed Magna…

Bill adds more grounds for legal separation

Jeanette Andrade 03/20/2023

MANILA, Philippines — To ensure “comprehensive and effective” legal protections for abuse victims, especially women and children, a lawmaker has filed a bill that seeks to include all forms of domestic violence as among the grounds for…

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