Senate OKs bill giving Meralco fresh 25-year franchise
The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 10926, which seeks to extend Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) franchise for an…
Jom Garner · · 2 min read
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The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 10926, which seeks to extend Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) franchise for an…
Jom Garner · · 2 min read
The reports of regulatory agencies should guide rational deliberations, not representations made by politicians who know nothing about the power industry or…
Maria Bernadette Romero · · 2 min read
‘This relief is expected to stimulate economic activity and consumption, benefiting the overall economy.’
Jom Garner · · 2 min read
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is being urged to certify as urgent a Senate bill seeking to increase the minimum wage by P100 as the 19th Congress nears its…
Lade Jean Kabagani · · 1 min read
NORDECO also corrected claims regarding its Distribution, Supply, and Metering (DSM) charge, stating that it stands at P1.5372 per kWh — lower than other…
Maria Bernadette Romero · · 2 min read
Contrary to the conviction of the proponents of the proposed “Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act,” a House leader on Wednesday argued that the…
Edjen Oliquino · · 3 min read
The passage on third and final reading of the bill seeking to expand the Las Piñas-Parañaque Wetland Park (LPPWP) — an internationally recognized wetland of…
Elmer Navarro Manuel · · 1 min read
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, vice chairperson of the Committee on National Defense and principal author of the measure providing free legal assistance to…
DT · · 1 min read
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow junior high school students to choose between two education pathways: pursuing college…
Edjen Oliquino · · 2 min read
About 47 percent of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in 2024 were from young key populations aged 15 to 24.
Gabriela Baron · · 2 min read
The Senate on Monday approved Senate Bill No. 2814, or the Free Legal Assistance for Military and Uniformed Personnel Act, on third reading.
DT · · 2 min read
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Monday emphasized the need to strengthen the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law of 2012 (RH…
Lade Jean Kabagani · · 1 min read
The House of Representatives on Monday approved on second reading a bill that would prolong from three years to six years the term of office of barangay and…
Edjen Oliquino · · 2 min read
The Senate of the Philippines approved, on third and final reading, a bill seeking to provide free legal assistance to military and uniformed personnel (MUP)…
Lade Jean Kabagani · · 2 min read
The Child Rights Network (CRN) on Monday reiterated that the proposed Senate Bill (SB) 1979 or the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2025 is "needed"…
Gabriela Baron · · 2 min read
The Senate of the Philippines on Monday approved a proposed measure seeking the establishment of a 3-kilometer buffer zone from the current shoreline boundary…
Lade Jean Kabagani · · 2 min read
A measure pushing for the inclusion of internet safety education in the curriculum of elementary and high school students has been filed in the Senate.
Lade Jean Kabagani · · 2 min read