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Japan PM Ishiba to dissolve lower house for Oct. 27 election

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to dissolve the lower house of Japan's parliament on Wednesday for a snap election on Oct. 27, defying...

Expanding the E-GASTPE program

BUT first, what is this E-GASTPE discussed by educators in public and private institutions as well as national lawmakers and even opinion makers? E-GASTPE is...

Senate to Lower House: Enforce 3 new economic laws before Cha-cha

Senate leaders have maintained that three new laws on the national economy should be implemented first before pushing amendments to the 1987 Constitution. At the...

Lower House meets Upper House

Speaker Martin Romualdez (3rd from left) and House Majority Leader Manuel Jose “Mannix” Dalipe (right) flash the thumbs up sign with their Upper House...

Expectation versus reality

‘The sight and sound of competence and dedication.’   There will always be a gap between expectation and reality. The world is not perfect. People are...

Salceda sees more structural reforms 

More sweeping second wave of structural reforms may be expected in the next three years, powered and backstopped by legislations in both houses of...

Insurer offers 112-day paid leave for mothers

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Reverse the Train

The Lower House last week approved on third and final reading the since-renamed Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-quality Opportunities or House...

A more efficient disbursement

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Team players?

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Marijuana menace

No, they are not having pot sessions in the Lower House. But for our congressmen to even consider a bill legalizing marijuana for medicinal...

Redefining public utilities and public service

Drowned out in the endless political noise is an important piece of legislation that could change the country’s investment and competition landscape. The Lower House...

The price is right

The Lower House passed House Bill 6215, the 2018 national budget bill, on second reading last week. The Appropriations Committee is preparing the amendments...
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