Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 15:15:00 +0000
Senators in the 18th Congress started filing their priority bills on Monday.The first round of filing of bills and resolutions started on Monday, July 1, and will continue until Thursday, July 4.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 08:21:04 +0000
House bills seeking to allow the use of motorcycles as public transport, strengthen citizen’s right to government-held data, and protect human rights defenders were among the first five measures filed at the lower chamber on the first day of the 18th Congress.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 07:01:19 +0000
Bayan Muna party-list called on the 18th Congress to address “poor conditions of the people” as it filed 30 House bills and resolutions, which they said would “heavily impact” the lives of Filipinos.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 03:10:46 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Senate bills seeking to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility, combating fake news and terrorism were among the first to filed for the 18th Congress on Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 21:30:16 +0000
Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez on Sunday vowed to align the legislative priorities of the House of Representatives with President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic agenda if he was chosen Speaker.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:45:38 +0000
CHR has called on members of the 18th Congress – both incoming and returning – to reconsider their stand on restoring the death penalty in the Philippines.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:44:41 +0000
Sen. Richard Gordon has asked officers of PhilHealth for a report on the condition of the company.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 08:31:09 +0000
The first batch of incoming neophyte lawmakers at the House of Representatives have finished training on legislative processes in preparation for the opening of the 18th Congress.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 08:17:27 +0000
The bill seeking to make ROTC mandatory could be passed much quicker in the next Congress, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Monday.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2019 21:04:16 +0000
After years of struggling for the rights of indigenous peoples (IPs), Manobo tribeswoman Eufemia Cullamat from Surigao del Sur
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