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Lawmakers & the new breed of tax evaders

By Fidel O. Abalos | February 22, 2025 - 12:00am

Whenever lawmakers (both upper and lower house) conduct hearings, we wonder if it is, indeed, in aid of legislation or reelection.

Freeman Cebu Business

Legislation eyed vs rising cost of goods

January 24, 2025 - 4:32pm

A party-list group vowed to prioritize urgent legislation that would address the skyrocketing prices of basic goods as soon...

Nation

Lack of sex ed makes youth easy targets for 'predators' – abuse survivors

By Cristina Chi | January 23, 2025 - 8:34am

Campus safety advocates who track sexual harassment cases in schools warn that opposing comprehensive sexuality education...

Headlines

What Philippine schools actually teach about sexuality

By Cristina Chi | January 22, 2025 - 4:20pm

Amid heated debate over how much schools should teach students about their bodies, Education Secretary Sonny Angara has made...

Headlines

Marcos to tag as urgent rice law amendments returning NFA's original powers

May 6, 2024 - 2:53pm

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has agreed to tag as urgent proposed changes to the controversial Rice Tarrification Law (RTL)...

Headlines

Hope for solo parents: A new bill that provides more benefits and financial aid

By Jing Castañeda | February 22, 2021 - 4:52pm

Solo parents are some of the strongest people in the world, but they can’t do it alone—especially during the current...

Health And Family

Gridlock

By SEARCH FOR TRUTH | By Ernesto P. Maceda Jr. | March 23, 2019 - 12:00am

Congress can be quite breathtaking in prowess as when it enacts landmark legislation like the BBL, laws on Reproductive Health and the various statutes alleviating the situations of different sectors.

Opinion

So what then is their basis for legislation?

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | February 1, 2019 - 12:00am

Odd was the excuse of two House officers and one at the Senate to lower to 9 or 12 the age of criminal liability.

Opinion

Duterte signs 2018 national budget, tax reform bill

By Ian Nicolas Cigaral | December 19, 2017 - 3:25pm

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, December 19, signed into law the P3.8-trillion 2018 national budget, and the first package...

Headlines

Japan enhances military role

September 19, 2015 - 10:00am

Japan’s parliament approved early yesterday contentious legislation that enhances the role of the country’s military...

Headlines