Press Release - Committee on Migrant Workers Chairperson Sen. Raffy Tulfo's Privilege Speech on Illegal Recruitment
Good afternoon Mr. President, distinguished Colleagues.
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Good afternoon Mr. President, distinguished Colleagues.
MANILA, Philippines — The lawmaker sponsoring the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed 2025 budget said on Wednesday, September 11, that the House appropriations committee does not plan on defunding the agency’s budget.
First of all, I would like to thank you for zealously working with this Representation last year for the passage of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget of GCG and CHR. As then a neophyte Chairperson of a Subcommittee of the Committee on Finance, I learned a lot from our collaboration and I am hopeful that our efforts contributed meaningfully to the operations of your agencies and to the achievement of your goals and targets.
COTABATO CITY — Policemen seized P1 million worth of shabu from two peddlers entrapped in Marawi City in an operation laid with the help of their close relatives and the provincial government of Lanao del Sur.
MANILA, Philippines — Local airline Cebu Pacific is extending its flights between Sydney and Manila to a daily service as the route celebrate its 10th anniversary.
MANILA, Philippines — Travellers International Hotel Group Inc., the leisure and tourism arm of Andrew Tan’s Alliance Global Group Inc., is looking to invest about $400 million to develop a new integrated resort in Cebu.
MANILA, Philippines — Meralco increased its September energy rates by P0.1543 per kWh, the energy firm said on Wednesday.
SEN. Loren Legarda said authorities should intensify the campaign against syndicates selling Philippine passports and birth certificates to foreigners.