A BILL was filed in the House of Representatives seeking for the creation of a Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFW), which will be tasked to implement the government's policies on deployment and protection of OFWs. Las Piñas City Representative Mark Villar said the DOFW shall be the primary agency tasked with the enforcement of the rights of OFWs as provided...
The Alabama Supreme Court this week let stand a Jefferson County Circuit Court judge's ruling that ordered the Alabama Revenue Department to reimburse HealthSouth more than $800,000 in refunds the company claims they overpaid because of accounting fraud by certain company officers in the late 1990s.
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says his department is reviewing a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that struck down some changes to the Criminal Code dealing with drinking and driving.
My colleagues over at the graphics department have put together a really incredible graphic on the net worth of members of the House and Senate to complement Dan Keating, Scott Higham, Kimberly Kindy and David S. Fallis’s excellent piece on how wealthy members of Congress haven’t been hit that hard by the recession. Read full article >>
Asked why Congress had not reacted to Ramdev's call on black money, Congress media department chief Janardhan Dwivedi said, "It is true that we did not say anything as we cannot speak their language or behave like them. And now it is out in the open how politics is being done in a different guise."
California's Senate on Monday approved Gov. Jerry Brown's nominee to head the department that oversees banking, financial and consumer regulations.Jan Owen, who has strong ties to the industry, was approved ...
