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“To the executive, we will hold you to your commitment that safeguards will be followed and fully enforced. Hindi dapat masasayang ang pondo ng bayan. Pangalagaan at siguruhin na walang mawawala sa korapsyon o misuse of funds,” Senator Bong Go said after Senate Bill No. 2020 creating the Maharlika Investment Fund was approved by the Senate […]
With the legislative approval of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), Camarines Sur Rep. and National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte said the 19th Congress has opened the gateway to an alternative, potentially huge source of investment funds that would let the national government (NG) spend bigger on its big-ticket programs to shore up President […]
The Technological Institute of the Philippines (T.I.P.) is working with Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower) to provide an environment for the small and large scale testing of one of its ongoing Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects. The deal was initiated in April 2022 but was formalized only last January 16, 2023 by virtue of a research collaboration […]
The chairperson of the House of Representatives’ labor and employment committee called for greater effort to address malnutrition and child stunting, which could affect the country’s future workforce. “Our country’s future workforce is at risk with the continued prevalence of malnutrition and child stunting. We need to address this issue urgently and seriously, and we […]
“Kung kaya nang taasan ang cash grant, huwag na nating patagalin pa.” This is what AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged his colleagues in the House of Representatives, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the lead agency of the National Advisory Council (NAC), amid […]
The proposal of Senator Bato Dela Rosa to prohibit the use of government social welfare entities such as the Social Security System (SSS) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to invest in the Maharlika Investment Fund was adopted in the Congress’ final version of the Maharlika Investment Fund Bill. Senate Bill No. 2020 or […]
To make sure ordinary Filipinos understand the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund Act, Senator Robin Padilla pushed for a Filipino translation of the measure and its related documents. Padilla, an advocate for the use of Filipino as a medium of official communication, made the proposal during the period of amendments on the Maharlika bill at the […]
The journey of Canadian vlogger Kyle Douglas Jennermann to becoming a Filipino reached its final leg of the race with the approval of a Senate bill seeking to grant him Filipino citizenship. House Bill No. 7185 was approved on third and final reading at the Senate recently. The measure was sponsored by Senator Francis Tolentino […]
Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III said there should be an iron-clad provision that will guarantee that pension funds will not be touched or compromised in the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill. “Our workers’ hard-earned pension should be shielded from any adverse implications that could arise from the establishment of MIF,” he added. Without an […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Tuesday hailed the passage of a measure to revive the country’s salt industry, one that is expected to provide more jobs in rural areas and increase local production to end the country’s dependence on salt importation. Lee, one of the principal authors of House Bill No. 8278 or […]