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BI overtime pay pushed

CONGRESS must enact a new law to finance the overtime pay of Immigration officers and the lack of personnel at the airports, which has...

Palace men at odds over oust-Leni move

ANY move to impeach Vice President Leni Robredo would only derail the work of Congress in passing important legislative measures, the Palace said Monday.  “If...

e-passport overpriced, say labor groups

An umbrella organization of labor unions is urging Congress to look into the  e-passport project with a view to   making  the travel document...

Unpaid estate tax up to 2016 given amnesty by House

CONGRESS will soon enact a proposal to grant amnesty in the payment of estate taxes after the bills were approved at the House of...

Pimentel lauds colleagues for overtime work

THE enactment of  two bills and passage of 45 other bills and three resolutions pending passage before Congress takes its first recess were among...

Congress expected to okay free internet access in 2017

SENATE President Aquilino Pimentel III on Tuesday said Congress was expected to approve this year the bill on free internet access in all public...

Mining audit a ‘ghost’ kept secret–Barbers

SURIGAO del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Sunday tagged as a “ghost” the mine audit conducted by Environment Secretary Regina Lopez for not...

Alvarez sticks to guns on revamp

SPEAKER Pantaleon Alvarez on Thursday said replacements for ousted deputy speakers and committee chairmen will be based on the nominations of their own respective...

House leader asks party-list to replace ‘fugitive’ solon

The 1-Pacman party-list group should decide whether it will nominate a new representative in Congress now that Rep. Michael “Mikee” Romero, who is facing...

National land use law securely needed

Three recent events have served to remind Congress that it still has not passed a law to govern the use of this country’s land,...

De Lima  on trial for defying summons

SENATOR Leila de Lima on Monday declined to enter a plea before the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court on the charges she ignored summonses...

‘Emergency powers for traffic delayed’

SENATOR Grace Poe on Monday admitted the Senate would not be able to pass the proposed emergency powers for traffic before Congress would go...

Solon pushes bill on free irrigation

A House leader on Saturday urged Congress to prioritize a bill that will provide free irrigation to farmers, especially palay growers. Camarines Sur Rep. LRay...

QC dads propose ‘Tandang Sora Day’

THE 36-member Quezon City council on Thursday called on Congress to declare Jan. 6, the birthdate of revolutionary hero Melchora “Tandang Sora” Aquino, as...
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