Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:18:39 +0000
A bill that seeks to make sure that socialized housing sites and resettlement areas have livable homes, and on-site and in-city resettlement are always prioritized have been filed at the House of Representatives.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 07:26:24 +0000
The Makabayan bloc has filed a resolution asking the House to investigate the spate of killings in Negros Oriental.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 06:10:13 +0000
Opposition House members lambasted President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to veto the Security of Tenure (SOT) Bill even if th
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:19:08 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Senators should serve a term of six years. Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said this as he opposed a measure filed at the House of Representatives that would reduce a senator’s six-year term to four but would extend the term of congressmen extended from three years to four years. “Ako naman po sa […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:47:12 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda has refiled his bill providing compensation to poor, jobless and full-time housewives. House Bill No. 80, which was referred to the committee on women and gene equality Tuesday, seeks to provide a P2,000 monthly compensation to all full-time housewives below the poverty threshold, without part-time or […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:46:10 +0000
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Wednesday slammed a new proposal at the House of Representatives that, among other things, seeks to shorten the tenure of senators from the current six years to four years.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:06:42 +0000
Jose Antonio Lopez, the second nominee of Marino party-list, has resigned from his post and the group due to “personal reasons,” the party representing the sea-based sector confirmed Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 21:23:13 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr., a pastor and returning lawmaker, formally took the helm of the minority of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, vowing to make it a “critical and collaborative” force, and “not a company union.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: GLEE JALEA| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:05:30 +0000
THE first batch of newly-elected deputy speakers, including Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda, took their oath at the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Speaker Alan…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:16:44 +0000
Nueva Ecija 2nd District Rep. Micaela Violago has refiled in the 18th Congress a bill renewing ABS-CBN Corp.’s franchise, which will expire on March 30, 2020.
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