Barbers seeks creation of Deuterium R&D office to tap vast PH resource

A LAWMAKER from Mindanao on Friday urged for the passage of a measure seeking the creation of a research and development agency that will harness deuterium as an alternative energy source to address the rising fuel and energy costs in the country.

Lawmakers join call to totally ban POGOs

MANILA - Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Monday joined the growing clamor for the government to declare Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) a serious national security threat and to come up with a statute ordering the latter’s total ban in the country due to its proven criminal activities.

Barbers urges Malacañang to scrap Erap’s EO 285

SURIGAO DEL Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Monday called on Malacañang to repeal former president Joseph Estrada’s Executive Order 285 which empowers the Bureau of Immigration to convert tourist visas into student visas.

Name PCG officials behind 36 Chinese recruits, lawmaker demands

A CONGRESSMAN is pushing for an inquiry to identify and hold accountable the officials behind the acceptance at least 36 Chinese nationals as members of the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA).

Unemployment rate drop attributed to PBBM sound economic policies

SURIGAO DEL Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Wednesday attributed the lower unemployment rate recorded in November to the Marcos administration’s sound economic policies.

Steep penalties sought to end contraband smuggling in jails

FOLLOWING THE confiscation of thousands of contraband items at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), Surigao del Norte 2nd District Representative Robert Ace Barbers on Tuesday said he has filed a bill which seeks to put an end to the proliferation of prohibited objects or items inside all correctional and detention facilities nationwide.