Thousands of members from different militant organizations have started conducting this week a series of massive protest actions to denounce the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, including a rally to commemorate the People Power Revolution 1 which ousted former President Ferdinand E. Marcos.
“This coming February 25th at 1 pm,...
Members of Anakpawis Party-list from Metro Manila and Cavite joined the "Climate Strike" led by the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) at Mendiola bridge, Manila, marking the 22nd year of the Fisheries Code of 1998.
The protest demanded for the Duterte regime's "climate action" against rising seas...
Militant Kabataan Partylist has called for the scrapping of the mandatory implementation of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in schools, saying that during the past, abuses and at least one death has occurred in the said program.
The Kabataan Partylist said Congress was scheduled to tackle the controversial...
The impression right now among the people is that the country is going down in flames. Summer is just several days from now, and Meralco already cautioned everybody to "use electricity wisely" as they foresee possible raising of red and yellow flags--meaning power disruptions. Water firms had...
The issue on the renewal of ABS-CBN's franchise has turned into an issue about self-expression precisely because of the undoing of the palace itself. Had President Rodrigo Roa Duterte first raised the PDR issue or anything other than his own personal gripe with the mega giant, public...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday defended the decision of the Senate to hear the application for ABS-CBN Corporation franchise renewal still pending in the House of Representatives.
Drilon, a four-time Senate President, refuted that Monday's hearing by the Senate Committee of Public Services, chaired by Senator Grace Poe,...
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go has urged all concerned government agencies to hasten the rehabilitation of the war-torn Marawi City.
Go said there is no reason for the place not to be rebuilt as there's funds for it.
The senator asked for full cooperation of the rehabilitation team and all concerned national agencies,...
Senator Win Gatchalian is seeking the inclusion of medical diagnosis for children with disabilities in the roll-out of the Universal Health Care Law for public schools nationwide.
Gatchalian strongly pushed for an Inclusive Education as stipulated in his Senate Bill 171 seeking to establish Inclusive Education Learning Resource Centers in...
Senator Bong Revilla filed a measure seeking to increase the maximum deposit insurance coverage for bank depositors from P500,000 to P1 million, in order to lure the public to deposit their money in banks and encourage the existing bank clients to increase their deposits.
Revilla had cited a 2015 Bangko Sentral...
Senator Win Gatchalian on Sunday has demanded the Philippine National Police (PNP), the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to arrest and jail Chinese syndicates in the country’s Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) industry who are illegally operating and into criminal activities.
“The PNP, NBI...
