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By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Published January 20, 2021 10:27am Updated January 20, 2021 12:14pm Albay Representative Edcel Lagman is calling for a House probe into the one-sided revocation of the 1989 accord between the University of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense that prohibits entry of state forces into the university without prior notice to its officials. In House Resolution 1490, Lagman, a UP alumnus, urged the House Committee on Human Rights to conduct the inquiry in aid of legislation into the termination of the UP-DND Accord, which he said seeks to protect...

Quezon City Representative Kit Belmonte on Tuesday suggested that Congress amend the Charter governing the University of the Philippines (UP) to assure the implementation of the provisions stated in the UP-Department of National Defense (DND) Accord.

Published January 18, 2021, 1:25 PM The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability on Monday asked the Development Bank of the Philippines (DPB) and the Lopez Group of companies to submit within one month the copies of loan agreements and all relevant documents regarding the alleged condonation or write-off. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The House panel, chaired by DIWA partylist Rep. Michael Edgar Aglipay, gave in to the request of DUMPTER PTDA partylist Rep. Claudine Diana Bautista to ask the concerned camps to submit all the relevant documents, including a copy of the corp...

Published January 18, 2021, 10:06 PM The House of Representatives leadership on Monday stripped of committee assignments two staunch allies of former speaker and incumbent Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano who helped him form the new political bloc BTS, an acronym taken from the popular K-pop group. Rep. Mike Defensor and Rep. Lray Villafuerte  After BTS fans took offense to the group for allegedly “politicizing” the image of their idols, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco’s leadership also showed his displeasure by relieving Reps. Michael T. Defensor (Anakalusugan Partylist) and LRay Vi...

Filipino healthcare workers should be allowed to get hired abroad, where the earning prospects are better, said Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Mike Defensor Sunday.