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Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today filed House Resolution 1421 directing the House committee on Human Rights to investigate the surveillance operations conducted by military men on the home of national artist and Arroyo critic Bienvenido Lumbera.
“We want a separate investigation into the matter in order to ensure transparency. We do not trust that [...]

As the national government continues to cut down spending on the country’s 110 state universities and colleges (SUCs), students carry the burden of the steep cost of higher education, Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino said.
In the proposed national budget for 2010, allocation for SUCs will be slashed by 13 percent or a whopping P3.2 [...]

(Presented by TXTPower president Anthony Ian Cruz before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Sept. 22, 2009 at Rm. 9 and 10, Ramon V. Mitra Hall, House of Representatives)
Thank you to the distinguished Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee for extending an invitation for us to attend this hearing. Allow us [...]

Kabataan Party-list Rep. Mong Palatino today commended the Commission on Elections for passing resolutions allowing employees to “go on official time when filing applications for voters’ registration.”
Comelec recently passed Resolutions 8668 and 8669, requesting the Civil Service Commission for government employees and the Department of Labor and Employment for private employees, respectively, to issue ‘appropriate [...]

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ABDUCTION OF NORIEL RODRIGUEZ, A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH ORGANIZATION ANAKBAYAN-NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION, IN SITIO STA. ISABEL, BARANGAY TAPEL, GONZAGA, CAGAYAN ALLEGEDLY BY MEMBERS OF THE 17TH INFANTRY BRIGADE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES [...]

Kabataan Party-list Rep. Mong Palatino today challenged presidential aspirants to take a stand against the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), as the nation commemorates the anniversary of the Philippine Senate’s rejection of a 10-year bases treaty with the United States.
Sept. 16, 1991 marks in history the Philippine Senate’s resounding “no” vote to a proposal that would [...]

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON LABOR & EMPLOYMENT AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON EXECUTIVE ORDER 682 DIRECTING THE TRANSFER OF REGIONAL OFFICE 4-B OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR), THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU (EMB), AND THE MINES AND GEOSCIENCES BUREAU (MGB) TO CALAPAN [...]

Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today lambasted the Department of Education’s move to reduce the number of class hours in some public elementary schools, saying that the smaller learning load will only worsen the already sorry state of education in the country.
“Last we checked, students are punished if they cut classes. This time, [...]

September 14, 2009
Hon. Prospero Nograles
House Speaker
House of Representatives
Dear Sir:
We would like to express our firm opposition to the consolidated bill of Ilocos Sur Rep. Eric Singson HB 6625 and Rep. Danilo Suarez HR 282 seeking to impose a 5-centavo tax for every text message.
This measure will be a burden to the Filipino consumers already experiencing [...]