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Acceptance Statement by Supreme Knight-elect Patrick Kelly
"I am honored, thankful and blessed. I am honored to be called to serve as Supreme Knight. I am thankful to my wife and family, and to my brother Knights for affording me this honor and privilege. I am blessed to have worked beside Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, who...
Data Privacy Act amendment, passed
THE Committee on Information and Communications Technology, chaired by Rep. Victor Yap (2nd District, Tarlac), approved the unnumbered substitute bill to House Bills 1188 and 5612, which would amend Republic Act No. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012. The measure,...
House approves free dialysis bill
SENIOR CITIZENS suffering from kidney diseases and needing proper treatment could soon have access to free dialysis procedures. The House Special Committee on Senior Citizens chaired by Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordones approved House Bill 7859 that...
De Lima to Filipinos: Defend Charter, sovereignty amid economic Cha-cha proposal
OPPOSITION Senator Leila M. de Lima has warned against the dangers of amending the 1987 Constitution's economic provisions which would open more Philippine sectors to foreign management and control. In her message during a webinar entitled "Bakuna at Ayuda, Hindi...
Hontiveros: Protect Pinoy fishermen from Chinese bullying
SENATOR Risa Hontiveros today called on the government to immediately get the situation at the West Philippine Sea (WPS) under control amid China's escalating belligerence in Philippine waters. The senator urged government agencies such as the Department of National...
Apela ni Floirendo, ibinasura
IBINASURA ng Sandiganbayan ang apela ni dating Davao del Norte representative Antonio Floirendo, Jr., nan ais ma-reverse ang kanyang conviction noong Agosto, 2020. Sa isang resolution na may petsang Enero 22, 2021, tinanggihan ng special division ng anti-graft court...
DPWH, ADB Sign MOU for 3 Iconic Bridges Crossing Marikina River
PUBLIC WORKS and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar announced that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between DPWH and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have been signed for loan application in an effort to commence the construction of three (3) new proposed bridges...
Villanueva: Senate rules committee green-lights hearings into proposed body for OFW concerns
HEARINGS on the proposed establishment of new government departments, including one solely to handle concerns of overseas Filipino workers, have received the green light to proceed, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva said the body's Committee on Rules...
38 pa nagpositibo sa UK variant ng COVID-19
TATLUMPU'T walong katao pa na sinasabing close contacts ng pasyenteng nagkaroong ng UK virus variant sa Bontoc, Mountain Province at La Trinida, Benguet, ay nag-positibo sa COVID-19. Ito ang inihayag ni Department of Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, na...