MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has certified as urgent the passage of a bill that seeks to suspend the mandatory use of locally-sourced biofuels for a period of one year as fuel prices continue to surge.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Families raising children with special needs would soon have some help from the government with regards to access to therapy, education and financial aid. This is if a bill being proposed at the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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’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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
