ACT-Teachers Rep. France Castro has refiled a House Bill (HB) seeking the decriminalization of libel.
This, after the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed a cyber libel conviction versus Nobel Peace Prize awardee, journalist, and Rappler Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher
Bayan Muna Party-list has welcomed the increase of the monthly social pension for indigents from P500 to P1,000, but at the same time expressed disappointment toward requirements mandating that elderly citizens had to be considered “weak, sick, or disabled” in order to qualify for the pension hike.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia on Tuesday expressed his approval for a passage of a law that would regulate social media, targeted to combat the proliferation of internet trolls, during election season.
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): There is no proof of any vote shaving or vote padding in the recently-concluded May polls, Commission on Elections (Comelec) acting spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco assured the public Wednesday (May 25).
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources orders the closure of Aristocrat restaurant in Roxas Boulevard for "generating and discharging pollutive wastewater" amid the government's move to rehabilitate Manila Bay.
The Manila Bay rehabilitation program involves cleanup activities, relocation of illegal settlers as well as apprehension of establishments that violate the Philippine Clean Water Act and other environmental laws.
Last January 22, the Manila City government has ordered the temporary closure of Manila Zoo to allow the reconstruction of its sewer lines. The zoo is located near Estero de San Antonio Abad in Malate, Manila, which directly drains into the Manila Bay.
DENR ordered establishments around the bay to put up their own sewage treatment plants last January 11.