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Photo courtesy of Altermidya Network) “Not being required, and in fact prohibited by law, the organizers should not be forced, and are within their right, to refuse to sign any disclosure forms. Lest some of the red-faced government officials forget, the 1987 Constitution recognizes the right of all citizens to participate in governmental and societal concerns, and mandates that these rights shall not be abridged.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – “Leave them alone for you already did.�...

Senators to police, NTF-ELCAC: End red tagging and harassment, leave community pantries alone SENATORS Nancy Binay, Leila de Lima, Frank Drilon, Sherwin Gatchalian, Risa Hontiveros, Kiko Pangilinan, Grace Poe, and Ralph Recto urge the law enforcement leadership to investigate the profiling and red-tagging of community pantries organizers in various parts of the country, and instead hold a dialogue with them. The senators also condemned the posts of the National Task Force to End Local Communist...

By HANA BORDEY, GMA News Published April 20, 2021 5:27pm Eight senators from the majority and the minority blocs of the Senate want law enforcement to launch an investigation into the profiling and red-tagging of community pantry organizers. The senators released a joint statement on Tuesday slamming the social media posts of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) apparently linking the community pantry initiatives to the communist movement. The senator...

Published April 19, 2021, 12:03 AM At a Senate hearing last year, the Department of Education (DepEd) reported that enrollment from kindergarten to senior high school for school year 2020-2021 was estimated at 23 million or 83 percent of the 27.7 million enrolled previously.  When Senator Nancy Binay asked DepEd Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan if this meant there would be millions more out-of-school youth, the answer was, “Yes, Madam Senator.”   When we realize that millions of out-of-...

NEDA: Hike in pork imports won’t kill Philippine hog industry Cecille Suerte Felipe © Michael Varcas, file NEDA: Hike in pork imports won’t kill Philippine hog industry MANILA, Philippines — The National Economic and Development Authority has given assurance that the decision of President Duterte to increase the volume of imported pork and decrease tariff rates will not kill the local hog industry, but instead ensure adequate and affordable food supply and prevent highe...

Press Release Senate COW adopts resolution urging Duterte to recall botcha policies on pork importation The two policies can potentially spell the demise of our local hog industry, says Drilon, author of the resolution As local hog raisers cry for help and fear that imported pork will flood the market soon, the Senate Committee of the Whole adopted today a resolution authored by Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon urging the President to withdraw Executive Order No. 128, which provides fo...

By TED CORDERO, GMA News Published April 10, 2021 3:46pm Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez has joined calls for the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to extend the deadline for the filing of the 2020 income tax returns (ITR) by at least 30 days. The deadline for filing the annual ITR for the taxable year ending December 31, 2020 is on Thursday next week, April 15, 2021. “Because of the pandemic, the current lockdown and the policy that discourages people...

Published April 9, 2021, 1:46 PM The Senate employees’ union is considering asking the courts or the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) for legal assistance after the chief of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) linked the organization to leftist groups.  Officials of the Sandigan ng mga Empleyadong Nagkakaisa sa Adhikain ng Demokratikong Organisasyon (SENADO) disclosed such plans during a virtual press conference on Friday, April 9, as they reiterated their concerns on the go...

(Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO) Senator Joel Villanueva said that while he is open to discussing the proposed Bayanihan 3 in the Senate, he said it is more imperative that the executive department properly and effectively implement laws against the COVID-19 crisis. Calls to pass a Bayanihan 3 law mounted in the wake of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) imposed by the government in Metro Manila, Cavite, Rizal, Bulacan and Laguna to control the sudden surge of COVID-19 cases. Senat...

Press Release SEN BINAY URGES BIR, DOF TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR ITR FILING Senator Nancy Binay today urged the Bureau of Internal Revenue and Department of Finance to reconsider its decision not to extend the April 15 deadline for the filing and payment of annual income tax returns for 2020. "I-extend na lang sana ang April 15 deadline, kahit na sa NCR Plus lang. We already extended last year dahil sa enhanced community quarantine. Nasa parehong sitwasyon tayo a year later, kaya hindi ko naiintin...