Day: April 6, 2016

During the tandem’s “Ronda Serye” listening tour, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano assured coconut farmers of Legazpi, Albay that under their leadership, the farmers will finally benefit from the P71-billion coco levy fund. The duo said they can do this as they are not beholden to any political […]

Independent vice-presidential candidate Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero wants Agriculture Secretary Processo Alcala to account to the public every centavo that the Department of Agriculture (DA) has spent to help the farmers affected by the drought spawned by the El Niño phenomenon. “I call on Secretary Alcala to disclose to the public where he used the […]

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan assured the local residents and visitors that the city government will continue to delivery efficient and effective public service to them even with the start of the 45-day campaign period for the local elective positions relative to the May 9, 2016 general and automated elections. Speaking before the […]

MANILA, Philippines – Weeks after it lost a Supreme Court (SC) case involving voting receipts, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) faces a new SC petition, this time over a support center for the May 9 polls. Technology provider Smartmatic won the contract to establish a National Technical Support Center, which serves as a call center […]

BAGUIO CITY – Aliping announced early last week that House Bill 1039, otherwise known as“An Act Exempting Persons with Disability from the Value-Added Tax on Certain Goods and Services”is now a law. Aliping said “Republic Act 10754, was signed into law by Benigno Aquino on March 24 and more than a million disabled Filipinos will […]

BAGUIO CITY – Re-electionist congressman Nicasio M. Aliping Jr. lamented the use of black propaganda this early in the campaign period by his opponents. Calling recent posts on social media and local newspapers as a mere rehash of an old issue, Aliping said the trend of destroying the personality of an opponent is now becoming […]

On April 7, Thursday, the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights headed by Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III will be conducting a public hearing in light of the shooting and violent dispersal of protesting farmers of Kidapawan, which resulted in the deaths of three and scores injured. The hearing will be held at the […]

BAGUIO CITY – Councilor Peter Fianza proposed the review of the market development design and agreement between the city and the Uniwide Sales Realty and Resources Corporation prior to the implementation of the long delayed project. In a proposed resolution, Fianza sought to authorize Mayor Mauricio Domogan to create a committee to conduct the review […]

BAGUIO CITY – The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) should restore the regular financial support erstwhile given to kidney patients undergoing lifetime hemodialysis treatment. Councilor Peter Fianza, in a proposed resolution, said the P20,000 regular fund support to dialysis patients previously given by the PCSO serves as “a life-blood, literally and otherwise, since patients rely […]