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‘After SC decision, Roque should now surrender’

The House Quad Comm on Wednesday called on former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque to surrender to the panel after the Supreme Court (SC) voided...

Inside the POGO den

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez yesterday led House leaders, including Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio ‘Dong’ Gonzales Jr., Majority Leader Manuel Jose ‘Mannix’ M. Dalipe,...

Solon seeks inventory of seized illegal drugs

Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, chairperson of the House committee on dangerous drugs on Wednesday asked anti-drug law enforcement agencies to account...

HB seeks to stop spread of illegal items in prisons

Following the confiscation of thousands of contraband items at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), Surigao del Norte 2nd District Representative Robert Ace Barbers on...

Rep. Barbers files bill on programs for high schools

Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, committee on dangerous drugs chairperson, has filed a bill seeking to integrate programs or courses on environmental...

BI official: No idea on where 40K POGO workers are

The government has yet to determine the location of the more than 40,000 Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) workers who are facing deportation, a...

Robin opposes proposed drug tests for actors

Senator Robin Padilla on Monday said he opposes mandatory drug tests for celebrities as proposed by Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers.Padilla said...

Bill seeks to bring back death penalty in PH

Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has filed House Bill 1543 which seeks to restore capital punishment for illegal drug-related offenses and other...

Solon claims drug money pads ‘war chest’ of pols

A lawmaker from Mindanao said he has received reports that drug lords are heavily contributing into the campaign kitties of some politicians in different...

Groups dismayed at the lifting of mining ban

Caritas Philippines with the lead dioceses of the Eco-Convergence hubs in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and the conveners of the CBCP National Laudato Si...

House okays anti-drug abuse bill

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the bill institutionalizing the creation of Anti-Drug Abuse Councils in all provinces, cities,...

State insurer pays P500M to Red Cross

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has already released P500 million, or about half of its P1.1 billion debt to the Philippine Red Cross...

Solon: Red Cross blackmailing government via PhilHealth debt

A  lawmaker on Monday accused the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) of blackmailing the government into paying it almost P1 billion that the Philippine Health...

Mining our way to recovery, says Surigao solon

A leader of the House of Representatives on Monday welcomed the government’s policy makers’ decision to reconsider the government’s mining position as the economy...
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