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Press Release Sponsorship Speech of Sen. Leila M. De Lima for The Foundling Recognition and Protection Act Good afternoon, dear colleagues. I speak to you today, as I always have in this chamber, in behalf of those who cant speak for themselves. When one of our colleagues, Sen. Grace Poe, ran for President on 2016, she shined a light on a class of citizens which would otherwise be invisible in the eyes of the law: the foundlings. This bill defines a foundling as "a deserted or abandoned child...

Published May 25, 2021, 6:00 AM Foreign businessmen have strongly urged Congress to pass at the earliest possible time the amendments of the Public Service Act (PSA), which seeks to open more economic activities in the country to higher foreign equity, as they vowed to promote to foreign investors in the Philippines once the critical economic reforms are passed.  The Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) of Commerce of the Philippines, which is composed of 14 foreign chambers, issued a statement as the...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 30) — After being barred from entering the country for over a month, some foreign nationals can again come starting May 1, subject to conditions, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Friday. The entry ban on most foreigners, which was imposed on March 22 due to rising COVID-19 cases, is set to end April 30. All travelers from India and those who went to India preceding their arrival to the Philippines are barred from entering the country unti...

By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published April 15, 2021 1:32pm Gabriela party-list Representative Arlene Brosas on Thursday branded as "piecemeal Cha-cha (Charter-change)" the three economic measures which were certified as urgent by President Rodrigo Duterte. "Piecemeal Cha-cha itong [certified] as urgent at pinapamadaling ipasa ni Pangulong Duterte na tatlong economic measures" (President Dutertes certifying of three economic measures as urgent is a piecemeal Cha-cha), Brosas said in ...

CALOOCAN CITY, March 11 (PIA) — Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday said the passage of the amendments to the Public Service Act (PSA) will usher in more choices, improved services and lower cost of basic services which the people badly need amid the pandemic era."Magiging paligsahan ang pagbibigay...

February 26, 2021 MALACAÑANG has officially declared March 1, 2021 as a special non-working holiday in Davao City to mark the celebration of the 84th Araw ng Dabaw. Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea, who signed Proclamation No. 1106 on February 24 on behalf of President Rodrigo R. Duterte, said, “It is fitting and proper that the people of the City of Davao be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies, subject to comm...

(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said that the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has set the following conditions on foreign nationals who will be allowed to enter the country starting February 16, 2021: Foreign nationals with pre-booked accommodation for at least six nights in an accredited quarantine hotel/facility Foreign nationals subject to COVID-19 testing at the quarantine hotel/facility on the ...

February 1, 2021 | 7:43 pm Font Size AAA ECONOMIC PLANNERS will make their pitch to Congress on the urgency of passing economic reform bills before the legislature turns its attention to preparing for next year’s national elections, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said Monday. “A few more months before the campaign season, we will work to get the rest of the bills passed. We will present to the Congress the urgency of having economic bills passed because thes...

  “and may at any time and in a like manner transfer such lands from one class to another, for the purposes of their administration and disposition.” A survey conducted by a government agency is not a sufficient evidence to prove the classification of the land in reversion proceedings. This finds support in Republic of the Philippines vs. Heirs of Cabrera (GR 218418, Nov. 8, 2017), where the Supreme Court speaking through Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa stated: “A land registr...

Among the foreigners who can return to the Philippines are those with permanent residence in the Philippines. (Pixabay photo) MANILA – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has allowed the re-entry of foreigners who were in the Philippines but temporarily left since December 17, Malacañang said on Friday. “The IATF, in its 89th meeting, also allowed the re-entry to the Philippines of foreign nationals with valid and existing visas under...