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Teachers welcome reconciled bill on allowance hike

Teachers groups Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) welcomed a reconciled bill by the Senate and the House of Representatives that would gradually increase the teaching allowance of public school teachers starting school year 2025-2026......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 15th, 2024

From reactive to proactive: Bill pushes early action to mitigate climate disasters

Under House Bill 9935 filed by Rep. Jose Manuel Alba (Bukidnon), declaring a “state of imminent disaster” allows using national and local resources for proactive measures before a disaster. .....»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 25th, 2024

Bill seeks P50,000 entry-level pay for public school teachers

The three-member militant Makabayan bloc filed yesterday a bill in the House of Representatives that will nearly double the entry-level salary of public school teachers nationwide, to the tune of P50,000 monthly......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 13th, 2024

Rep. Wilbert Lee: P20 per kilo of rice still possible

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The promise of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to lower the price of rice to P20 per kilo remains doable if House Bill No. 9020 or the “Cheaper Rice Act” is passed into law, Agri Partylist Representative Wilbert Lee said. Under his proposed bill, Lee said that the government will have to.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsFeb 11th, 2024

Bill seeks to waive review fees for indigents

A bill seeking to exempt indigent individuals from paying the review fees for board and Bar examinations on their first take have been jointly filed by five members of the House of Representatives......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 27th, 2024

China rejects U.S., Japan, Philippines concern on South China Sea

BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Relevant countries' groundless accusation and deliberate smears against China on the South China Sea issue are unacceptable, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. Spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks at a regular news briefing when asked to comment on a statement issued by the United States, Japan and the Philippines after their trilateral summit. The statement.....»»

Category: newsSource:  manilanewsRelated NewsApr 18th, 2024

Much Ado About Nothing

The reference to Shakespeare’s play “Much Ado About Nothing” is comically deliberate......»»

Category: sportsSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 11th, 2024

ERC suspends reserve market settlement

The Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered the Philippine Electricity Market Corp. and the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines Inc. to suspend settlement amounts in the reserve market......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 2nd, 2024

ERC OKs limited use of LNG for Meralco, FGEN

The Energy Regulatory Commission has allowed First Gas Power Corp. and FPG Corp. to use liquefied natural gas as an alternative fuel supply source for the Sta. Rita and San Lorenzo gas plants “in the case of the occurrence of a fuel supply force majeure event.”.....»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 30th, 2024

EDITORIAL - Deliberate speed

Congressmen said they wanted to hear it directly from the horse’s mouth.....»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 29th, 2024

ERC lifts suspension of FIT-All collection

Starting next month, electricity consumers will resume paying the feed-in tariff allowance at a rate of P0.0364 per kilowatt-hour in their electric bills......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 18th, 2024

Respect

The claim of the Department of Energy that NGCP refuses to recognize their authority to regulate the grid operator reflects badly on the government’s ability to govern. Unfortunately, it seems that DOE has left it at that and is just hoping ERC will pick up the slack......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 17th, 2024

House leaves Quiboloy’s fate to Senate

The House of Representatives will no longer pursue and implement the warrant of arrest it issued against pastor Apollo Quiboloy after it approved on final reading the bill revoking the franchise of the evangelist’s alleged TV network......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 27th, 2024

House revokes SMNI franchise on final reading

Voting 284-4-4, the House of Representatives yesterday approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to revoke the franchise granted to Swara Sug Media Corp., which operates the Sonshine Media Network International,.....»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 20th, 2024

House panel OKs tax-free hazard pay to judges, prosecutors

A House panel has approved a substitute bill that seeks to grant tax-free hazard pay to prosecutors and judges of regional, metropolitan, and municipal trial courts......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 2nd, 2024

House to address Dwarfism

With all of the priority bills listed in the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) over and done with, the House of Representatives has passed a bill declaring Oct. 25 every year as “National Dwarfism Awareness Day.”.....»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 23rd, 2024

Approval of agricultural economic sabotage bill sought

Tobacco growers urged Congress to convene the bicameral conference committee to iron out disagreeing provisions and approve the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage bill before President Marcos’ State of the Nation Address......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 2nd, 2024

Senado kinalampag sa natural gas industry bill

Pinaaapura ng dalawang kongresista sa Senado ang pagpapatibay ng panukala upang mailatag ang polisiya ng gobyerno sa natural gas industry. The post Senado kinalampag sa natural gas industry bill first appeared on Abante......»»

Category: newsSource:  abanteRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

Iraq passes bill sentencing same-sex acts to 10-15 years’ jail

Iraq’s parliament passed a bill on Saturday criminalizing same-sex relations, which will receive a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, in a move rights groups condemned as an “attack on human rights.” Transgender people will be sentenced to three years’ jail under the amendments to a 1988 anti-prostitution law, which were adopted during.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsApr 28th, 2024

Lawmakers clash as Georgian Parliament discusses Foreign Agent bill

Tensions Rise in Georgia as Parliament Debates Controversial Foreign Funding Bill Legislators in Georgia are embroiled in a heated debate over a proposed bill that.....»»

Category: newsSource:  thedailyguardianRelated NewsApr 15th, 2024