Manila – In response to the resolute call by Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez to accelerate the approval of the 2024 General Appropriations Bill within a mere 5-week timeframe, Representative Elizaldy Co of Ako Bicol Party List has risen to the occasion. Serving as the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Co comprehends the pivotal responsibility he holds in this momentous undertaking. Speaker Romualdez expressed his confidence in the House of Representatives’ ability to meticulously deliberate on and pass the General Appropriations Bill within a tight timeframe. He emphasized that…

HINILING ni Senador Grace Poe sa kaukulang komite sa Senado na imbestigahan ang matinding pagbaha sa North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) sa bahagi ng San Simon, Pampanga. Sa kanyang Senate Resolution 725, nais ni Poe na mabusisi ang pagbaha sa NLEX matapos ang bagyong Egay at habagat. Target ng pagsisiyasat na bumalangkas ng mga hakbangin upang hindi na maulit ang kaparehong insidente at alamin kung may pagsisikap na isinagawa para sa operation at maintenance ng Expressway upang sana’y naiwasan ang pagbaha at abala sa mga motorista. Tinukoy sa resolusyon ang parehong…

PINAIIMBESTIGAHAN ni Deputy Minority Leader Rep. Mujiv Hataman ang walang tigil na brownout sa kanilang probinsya na nagiging dahilan umano para bumagal ang pag-unlad ng mamamayan at naglalagay sa panganib ang mga pasyente sa mga hospital. Base sa House Bill (HB) 1157 na inakda ni Hataman, nais nitong ipatawag ng Kongreso ang Basilan Electric Cooperative (Baselco) at imbestigahan sa hindi maayos na serbisyo nito at desisyunan kung palalawigin pa ang kanilang prangkisa na nakatakdang mapaso sa 2028. “Napakahalaga nang maayos na supply ng kuryente sa isang komunidad, lungsod o lalawigan.…

Pursuant to Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Memorandum Circular No. 7, s. 2023 and as part of the preparations for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, road works (reblocking, utility works, pipe laying, road upgrading, excavation works) in Metro Manila are temporarily suspended effective midnight of August 17 (Thursday) up to midnight of September 10 (Sunday) at the following locations: 1. EDSA Monumento to SM MOA 2. Kalayaan Avenue, C5 Road to EDSA 3. Along Diokno Boulevard 4. P. Ocampo St., Taft Avenue to Roxas Boulevard 5. Roxas Boulevard, NIA…

Volunteer employees from PAGCOR’s Community Relations and Services Department turn over the agency’s relief aid to Calumpit Mayor Glorime Faustino on August 6, 2023. After the onslaught of Typhoon Egay and Typhoon Falcon in various parts of Central and Northern Luzon, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) came to the aid of more than 31,000 families in typhoon-hit areas of Bulacan and Pampanga. The town of Candaba, Pampanga is one of the areas in Central Luzon that was submerged in flood after the onslaught of Typhoon Egay and Typhoon…

PUSHING for the legalization on the use of medical cannabis or marijuana intensifies with an expert saying this will save or extend life of the patients. Dr. John Ortiz Teope, a researcher, critic, political analyst, media practitioner and the secretary general of TIMPUYOG Philippines, said that legalizing the use of medical cannabis has various positive implications. He spelled out TIMPUYOG as an Ilocano word for organization, unity or movement. TIMPUYOG in reference to the use of cannabis, was defined as T for timely, I for internationally accepted, M for medical…

MANILA — Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co is giving assurance that they would find a “viable solution” to the Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP) Pension problem before the end of the year. This comes as the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations promised to support the goals of Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez for a swift passage of the Marcos Jr. administration’s priority bills. “As the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, it is my utmost duty to work in collaboration with Speaker Romualdez and our esteemed colleagues…