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Published April 6, 2021, 11:55 AM President Rodrigo Duterte should call for a special session in order for Congress to start tackling the proposed law that seeks to curb the staggering unemployment rate in the Philippines brought about by the harsh impact of the COVID-19 to the economy. Senator Franklin Drilon (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO) Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, April 6, said it is high time the Congress starts immediate discussions on the proposed Bayani...

Benefits granted to frontline workers under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 remains available even after the law expires on June 30 this year.  Sen. Sonny Angara (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Angara, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance wh

April 6, 2021 | 7:52 pm Font Size PHILSTAR/ EDD GUMBAN THE PRESIDENT has been urged to call Congress in from its break to pass a third stimulus bill that will distribute more aid to those affected by the renewed quarantine following a surge in coronavirus infections. “I urge the President to call a special session of Congress to pass the proposed Bayanihan III and expand the government’s cash subsidy program amid the spike in COVID-19 cases,” Senator Franklin M. Drilon said in a ...

Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, April 6, urged the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) and the Department of Health (DOH) to release their report on the P9-billion budget allocated for the construction of temporary hospitals and isolation facilities.

Alexander Gesmundo, who frequently votes in Duterte’s favor, is new SC chief justice First appointed to the Supreme Court in August 2017, Gesmundo is expected to serve as chief justice until November 2026. He is a hardworking magistrate who advocates for reforms in the judiciary, but some of his decisions have shaken heads. BY CARMELA FONBUENA April 5, 2021 | 12:00:00 AM President Rodrigo Duterte...

Published April 6, 2021, 12:09 AM With the promulgation last week of the implementing rules and regulations of the Financial Institutions Strategic Transfer (FIST) Act (Republic Act No. 11523), the government has delivered a solid jab into the financial muscle of banks as prime movers of business and industrial growth that has taken a nosedive in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This new law supersedes and repeals Republic Act No. 9182, which granted tax exemptions and other privileges to new...

Duterte named Alexander Gesmundo as 27th Chief Justice — Panelo By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Published April 2, 2021 1:49pm President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo as Chief Justice, a Malacañang official said Friday. “Yes,” Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said in a text message when asked to confirm Gesmundo’s appointment. Panelo added that Gesmundo was Duterte’s “personal choice” to succeed Diosdado P...

Money Despite the anticipated closure, IBON said only 28,000 of the businesses received loans from Bayanihan 1 and Bayanihan 2, laws that provide assistance to those adversely affected by the health crisis. 99k to 149k MSMEs expected to close permanently after year of lockdown - IBON Published March 18, 2021 1:27am By CONSUELO MARQUEZ, GMA News Some 99,800 to 149,700 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMES) are expected to shut down permanently as the country’s economy was badly h...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Mar. 17 --Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III awarded P7,656,765.50 worth of livelihood assistance to 680 beneficiaries in  Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) in Lanao del Norte province during the 5 March 2021 joint meeting of the National and Regional Task Forces to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (N/RTF-ELCAC) with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines, this city. The check, under the ...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → March → 16 → Relief volunteers, advocates say junking of charges ‘a vindication’ Relief volunteers, advocates say junking of charges ‘a vindication’ By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – On March 17 last year President Duterte imposed strict quarantine measures supposedly to suppress the rise of Covid-19 cases in the country. Curfews were set and checkpoints were put in place to regulate people’s mobility. Uniformed men, some with ...