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ACT calls for return to distance learning amid hot weather

Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 29 06:28 PM

ACT on Wednesday called on the Department of Education to temporarily shift classes to blended or distance learning during the dry season. Read more »

Bawal bastos: Mga tsuper pinaalalahanan vs sexual harassment

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Posted at Mar 29 09:07 AM

Pinaalalahan ng LTFRB ang mga drayber at operator ng pampublikong transportasyon ukol sa parusa sa mga lalabag sa batas laban sa sexual harassment. Read more »

Congress OKs bill condoning agrarian reform beneficiaries' debts

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 05:19 AM

Congress has approved a proposed law that condones debts and financial liabilities of some 654,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries worth over P58 billion. Read more »

Caregivers welfare act, na-sponsor na sa Senado

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 07:43 PM

Nakasaad sa panukalang batas ang pagbibigay ng 13th-month pay, annual service incentive leave, at mga benepisyo ng SSS, PhilHealth, at Pag-IBIG. Read more »

Marcos' approval to sell seized sugar legal: Palace

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Posted at Mar 21 09:15 PM

Malacañang on Tuesday defended President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s approval to sell seized smuggled sugar, citing the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act. Read more »

Bill amending bank secrecy hurdles House 2nd reading

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 08:34 PM

A bill seeking to give more powers to the central bank to probe bank deposits has advanced in the House of Representatives. Read more »

House bill seeks to regulate bank accounts, e-wallets

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 21 12:46 PM

Proponents of the bill say it seeks to protect people from various cybercrime schemes by regulating the use of bank accounts and e-wallets. Read more »

7 frat members, pinakakasuhan dahil sa hazing

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Posted at Mar 16 06:33 PM

Pinakakasuhan na ng DOJ ang 7 fraternity members na sangkot sa pagkamatay ng hazing victim na si John Matthew Salilig. Read more »

DOE says ‘still studying’ proposal to build own power plant

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 06:32 PM

Energy Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan said the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) “does not give the government the right to construct new power plants.” Read more »

Funeral, burial services for senior citizens must be discounted: SC

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Updated as of Mar 16 11:02 PM

Funeral and burial services for senior citizens must be given a 20 percent discount under the Senior Citizens Act, the Supreme Court said Thursday. Read more »

Abante: Rights bill to protect advocates, not terrorists

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Updated as of Mar 15 06:26 PM

A lawmaker refuted claims of the NTF-ELCAC that the approval of the proposed Human Rights Defenders’ Protection Act would protect terrorists. Read more »

Lower House urged to return to full face-to-face sessions

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 09:48 PM

The Makabayan bloc wants the House of Representatives to return to full face-to-face plenary sessions as the coronavirus pandemic wanes. Read more »

House OKs constitutional convention bill on final reading

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 07:31 PM

Romualdez said the House constitutional reform initiative aims to rewrite the “restrictive” economic provisions of the Constitution to enable the country to attract more foreign investments. Read more »

BTS, 'most streamed male act' sa Spotify

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 10:47 PM

May bagong milestone ang K-pop supergroup na BTS. Read more »

House OKs E-Governance Act

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 12:59 AM

The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill 7327 or the proposed E-Governance Act. Read more »

Tulfo case raffled to Comelec second division

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 07:47 PM

The Petition for Disqualification against Erwin Tulfo has been raffled to the Commission on Election's Second Division, according to the Comelec chair George Garcia. Read more »

'DOH dapat maging agresibo sa pagre-recruit ng mga nurse'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 11:26 PM

Isang grupo ang naguudyok sa Department of Health na maging agresibo ito sa pagre-recruit ng mga nars sa bansa. Read more »

Comelec suspends Erwin Tulfo's proclamation

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 07:17 PM

Ex-DSWD Sec. Erwin Tulfo won't be proclaimed as the new congressman of ACT-CIS party list just yet after Comelec decided to suspend his proclamation. Read more »

Use ‘tax windfall’ from inflation to help public: solon

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 11:45 PM

Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo said the government actually earns from inflation as higher prices mean higher collections of value-added taxes. Read more »

Lalaki, pinantakip ng sasakyan ang watawat, arestado

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Updated as of Feb 28 10:15 AM

Arestado ang isang lalaki sa Mandurriao, Iloilo City matapos gawing panakip sa sasakyan ang watawat ng Pilipinas nitong Linggo. Read more »