Congress pays tribute to Raul del Mar

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The House of Representatives bid farewell to well-loved and highly respected Cebu City North District Representative Raul del Mar through a necrological service at the plenary hall inside the Batasang Pambansa Complex in…

Consumer groups want probe over alleged overcharging by Visayan Electric

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Consumer groups in Cebu have opened an online signature campaign for the public to participate in to urge the Congress and the Senate to probe the alleged overcharging of electricity bills by Visayan…

BREAK: Cayetano resigns as Velasco’s speakership election ratified

Neil Arwin Mercado 10/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Outgoing House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano announced Tuesday, October 13, 2020, his resignation from his post, ironically while Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco’s speakership election was being ratified in the plenary. In a Facebook…

BREAK: Making it official, House ratifies Velasco’s election as Speaker

Neil Arwin Mercado 10/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines —It’s official: Alan Peter Cayetano out, Lord Allan Velasco in. This came after the House ratified Velasco’s speakership election during Tuesday’s (October 13, 2020)  session held earlier than the 3 p.m. schedule. With Deputy Speaker…

Waste, Congress, and idiocy

Solita Collas-Monsod - @inquirerdotnet 10/10/2020

So much media attention has been given to the Cayetano-Velasco speakership controversy. And rightly so. In a nutshell, Alan Peter Cayetano reneged on his “gentlemen’s agreement” with Lord Allan Velasco on the speakership-sharing agreement. I did not…

Frasco to file bill to make caskets affordable

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Fifth District Representative Duke Frasco is seeking to lower the cost of burials in the country by making caskets or coffins affordable to the public. According to a press release sent to…

PJ wants inmates database to aid decongestion of jails, transfer provincial jails to BJMP

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu third district Representative and Deputy Speaker Pablo John Garcia has filed a bill in Congress seeking to establish a centralized system for the monitoring of inmates nationwide in aid of decongesting penitentiaries…

Calls mount vs ‘urgent’ anti-terrorism bill

06/03/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Human rights groups and opposition lawmakers on Tuesday made a desperate call to Congress not to approve the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, warning that the measure aimed at crushing terrorism could easily be…

House set to OK 3 new bills to fight pandemic

DJ Yap - Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/26/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The special House panel on coronavirus is poised to approve on Tuesday three new bills responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the proposed P548-billion Philippine Economic Stimulus Act (Pesa) and the Financial Institutions Strategic…

BREAKING: NTC: We regret failing to notify Congress on stop order vs ABS-CBN

Neil Arwin Mercado 05/14/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Officials of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on Thursday admitted they should have alerted Congress of their “inability based on legal grounds” to issue a provisional authority (PA) to ABS-CBN Corp. In a letter…

Duterte may ask Congress for more funds for COVID-19 response

Darryl John Esguerra - INQUIRER.net 04/24/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang said Friday that President Rodrigo Duterte may ask Congress to grant him additional budget in light of the continuing response of the government against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to Duterte’s economic team, the government…

DepEd-7 chief: Congress should amend law on opening of classes

Futch Anthony Inso 04/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Congress should amend the law first on the opening of classes before implementing President Rodrigo Duterte’s recommendation to move the opening of classes to September in areas placed under general community quarantine (GCQ).…

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