
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

Parents and local government units can have a huge participation in reducing cases of teenage pregnancies and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in…
Lade Jean Kabagani · · 2 min read

Parents and local government units can have a huge participation in reducing cases of teenage pregnancies and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in…
Lade Jean Kabagani · · 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

New York, United States — A judge sentenced a powerful former US senator to 11 years imprisonment Wednesday, after he was convicted of corruption…
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read

Robert F. Kennedy Jr faced a make-or-break Senate hearing Wednesday where he was grilled on his history of promoting vaccine misinformation and plans to upend…
Agence France-Presse · · 3 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

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has certified as urgent a measure deferring the first-ever parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim…
Lade Jean Kabagani · · 2 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

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 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

As the national and local elections near, an educator urged on Monday youth voters to think twice about electing politicians involved in political dynasties.
Gabriela Baron · · 2 min read
