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After a grueling campaign and election season, the 300-strong House of Representatives is set to resume sessions on Monday afternoon, May 23 to pave the way for the most important task of the current 18th Congress--the canvassing of votes for the just-concluded presidential and vice presidential rac

(MANILA BULLETIN) Metro Manila and several areas in western Luzon may experience scattered rain showers and thunderstorms within the next 24 hours because of the southwest monsoon or “habagat,” the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Sunday,

The Senate and the House of Representatives are ready to canvass the votes cast for President and Vice President in the May 9 national elections as it resumes the 3rd Regular Session of the 18th Congress today, May 23. MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO Upon the resumption of session, the senators are e

The daily minimum wage in Region 4B and Region 12 will increase by more than P30 after their respective Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board approved the wage hike petitions by labor groups, an official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Saturday, May 21. Ro

The new minimum wage rates in the National Capital Region and Western Visayas (Region 6) shall take effect early next month, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III announced yesterday.

There will be another round of price increase in gasoline products – ranging from P4.10 to P4.80; even as prices for gasoline and kerosene are set to go down by as much as P2.60 next week. The series of wage increases being approved in the country expanded further with the Department of Labor and

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Manila visual artist Celeste Lecaroz with her guest of honor Julie Diaz (l-r) at the opening of her month-long solo exhibit

House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez (File photo) MANILA - House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez on Thursday said the next Congress will prioritize the passage of presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s legislative agenda, including a stimulus package to help the country recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Romualdez, who is the top contender for the speakership post in the 19th Congress, said they are eyeing the passage of a Bayanihan-type of le...

The numbers aren't officially in yet, but the verdict sure is. The potential speakership of Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez is expected to give rise to a "supermajority" bloc that would be the biggest the House of Representatives has ever seen since the term first became in vogue in the

The Supreme Court, convened as a whole yesterday, gave presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. 15 days to submit his comment on a petition filed by a group of martial law victims seeking a temporary restraining order on the canvassing of his votes and his proclamation as 17th president.