Update on House of Representatives’ COVID-19 Cases Amid Pandemic HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES – A Human Resource Management Service employee tested positive for COVID-19 becoming the 37th case in the House. Recently, the Philippines faced a surge of COVID-19 cases. The Department of Health (DOH) recorded at least 3,000 cases of coronavirus daily in the past … Read more
ABS-CBN Host Korina Sanchez Reminisces Over Her 30-Year Career KORINA SANCHEZ – ‘Rated K‘ host Korina Sanchez reminisced her early days working at the ABS-CBN network. On May 4, the legislative franchise of media giant ABS-CBN expired. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) directed the media network to stop its radio and television operations. Lots of … Read more
Catriona Gray Tweet Slamming Anti-Terrorism Bill Elicits Reaction From Vivian Velez CATRIONA GRAY – Veteran actress Vivian Velez reacted To Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray’s tweets about the anti-terrorism bill. On June 3, The House of Representatives approved the Anti-terror bill on third and final reading. 173 legislators were in favor of passing the bill … Read more
Cayetano Says ABS-CBN Franchise Hearing Will Begin Next Week ABS-CBN – House speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said the hearing on ABS-CBN’s 25-year franchise will begin next week. The largest tv network in the Philippines, ABS-CBN, went off the air on May 5, 2020. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said the company committed several “violations.” Its … Read more
Solon Set To Vote On Charter Change On This Day CHARTER CHANGE – The committee on constitutional amendments of the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on Chater Change today. According to PhilStar, Rufus Rodriguez, Cagayan de Oro representative and the committee chairman, said that they will decide what suggestions from the Inter-Agency Task … Read more
Loren Legarda showed support for ABS-CBN amid the franchise renewal issue Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, a former Kapamilya journalist, filed a bill seeking the new franchise of ABS-CBN. Legarda spent many years in the Kapamilya network leading various news and public affairs shows. That was before she entered the world of politics and became a … Read more
Companies Who Fail to Provide 13th Month Pay May Loses their Business Permit House of Representatives is now proposing a bill aimed at canceling the business permit of companies who fail to provide employees the 13th-month pay. 13th month pay is a form of cash benefit equal to the monthly basic wage an employee receives … Read more
House of Representatives Committee OKs House Bills That Seeks Legalization of Divorce in the Philippines A House of Representatives committee approved three measures seeking to legalize divorce or the dissolution of marriage in the Philippines. On Wednesday (February 5, 2020), House Bill No. 100 or known as the proposed Absolute Divorce Act authored by longtime … Read more
Cayetano Says There’s Enough Time To Tackle ABS-CBN Franchise Bill ABS-CBN – House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said there is enough time to tackle the franchise issue of the ABS-CBN network. Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte complained that the ABS-CBN network did not air his campaign advertisement in 2016 and bias reporting among others. He … Read more
Lawmaker Pushes 4-Day Workweek in House of Representatives 4-DAY WORKWEEK – Dasmariñas City Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr. pushes for the said proposal regarding the public and private employees’ work schedule. In the Philippines, the usual work schedule among the government employees is from Monday to Friday. For the private employees, most work from Monday to … Read more