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Published January 18, 2021, 8:32 PM Key supporters of ABS-CBN’s return on the air launched Monday the difficult task of reviving the network giant by filing separate bills proposing to grant the broadcast station a 25-year legislative franchise. Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Vilma Santos and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman filed House Bill 8298 and 8322, respectively, to bring back ABS-CBN in the airwaves, six months after this chance was rejected by a vote by  the House Committee on Legislative ...

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) However, Cayetano quickly allayed the fears aired over the formation of the BTS which the former speaker described as the acronym for “back to service” or Bayanihan Tapang at Serbisyo (cooperation, courage and service). Cayetano also quickly addressed the protest aired by fans of the BTS, a South Korean pop, who accused his group of using the popularity of the K-Pop group for political ends. The #CayetanoStopUsingBTS s...

Published January 7, 2021, 2:33 PM Lawmakers welcomed Thursday the Duterte government’s creation of a technical working group (TWG) that would focus on the new COVID-19 variants.  House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez and Anakalusugan partylist Rep. Michael Defensor lauded the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to form a panel that would strengthen the country’s readiness against the new COVID-19 var...

Being a “fortuitous event,” the COVID-19 pandemic crisis should prod the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to grant a six-month reprieve to its members from paying higher premium contributions, Anakalusugan partylist Rep. Michael Defensor said Sunday.

Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The former head of the lower chamber took a swipe at his successor, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, after President Duterte named recently a few incumbent and former congressmen who were allegedly involved in anomalous infrastructure projects according to the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC). “I expect more names to be named because there are a lot of names circulating. I’m just disappointed that naunahan pa ng Presi...

Published December 17, 2020, 3:29 PM Sacked on the last day of session as chairman of the powerful House Committee on Public Accounts, Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael Defensor was cited on Thursday by his successor, Probinsyano Ako Partylist Rep. Jose “Bonito” C. Singson Jr., for his success in steering the House panel into “a potent anti-graft arm of the House of Representatives” Anakalusugan Party-List Rep. Mike Defensor (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Singson said he is ready to tak...

MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO Before adjourning for the Christmas break on Wednesday, the Lower House majority decided to relieved Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael Defensor as chairman of the House Committee on Public Trust. Elected to replace Defensor was Ako Probinsyano Partylist Rep. Bonito Singson, a former assistant minority leader, who is a close ally of Speaker Lord Allan Velasco. Defensor accepted his fate but aired his grievance of not being informed about his relief before Singson’s...