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Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III commended the Marcos administration for putting up a Medium Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF) that aims to guide the budgeting process in the next six years. Pimentel complimented the administration for being the first to introduce the framework that supports its agenda for prosperity. “I would like to congratulate this […]
Senator Francis Tolentino said that having a more comprehensive and easy to understand weather forecast will somehow help lessen casualties during times of calamities brought by severe weather conditions. Tolentino made the remarks as the country remembers the lives lost during the ill-fated devastation of Super Typhoon Yolanda (International codename: Haiyan) exactly nine years ago. […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged the House leadership to immediately take up his proposed measure to establish Kadiwa Agri-food Terminals in every city and municipality to help farmers and fisherfolk and alleviate the high prices of basic commodities amid the problem of inflation. Lee made the statement after the country’s inflation rate spiked […]
Senator Lito Lapid filed a resolution congratulating and commending Dagupan’s Bonuan Boquig National High School (BBNHS) for winning the 2022 World’s Best School Prize for environmental action. In filing Senate Resolution (P.S. Res.) No. 278, Lapid recognized the efforts of the Pangasinan public high school to restore lost mangroves and reverse the environmental devastation caused […]
A total of 26,307 examinees, representing 18.97 percent of the 138,703 total number of actual examinees, passed the Career Service Examination or the Civil Service Examination conducted nationwide on 7 August this year, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) disclosed. Almost 85 percent or 22,241 of the total passers passed the Professional level, and the rest, […]
Senator Lito Lapid commended Filipina Jiujiteira Meggie Ochoa and Kimberly Anne Custodio for their impressive performances in the 2022 JJIF Jiu-Jitsu World Championships in Abu Dhabi, UAE. In filing Senate Resolution (P.S. Res.) No. 277, Lapid congratulated Team Philippines’ Ochoa and Custodio for bagging gold in 48kg and -45kg categories, respectively, of the Women’s Adult […]
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr, appointed three (3) new members of the Career Executive Service Board (CESB), namely: Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Undersecretary Luis Meinrado C. Pañgulayan, Office of the President Undersecretary Lolibeth R. Medrano, and Office of the President Director Andrea Maila A. Ordañez. The new appointees were sworn into office on November 3, […]
In a move to further promote biking as an alternative mode of mobility, Senator Francis Tolentino has reassured his commitment on the initiative of having sustainable bike lanes across the country. “Tutok lang kayo kung ano’ yung mga pangangailangan pa at matutuloy ito — masu-sustain ito? Siguro sustainability nalang ang pinaguusapan. Ang kagandahan ngayon, may […]
Amid the continuous proliferation of large-scale agricultural smuggling in the country, AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee seeks to amend Republic Act No. 10845 to impose stricter penalty on public officials or employees who take part in this crime. In filing House Bill No. 5742, Lee underscored the need to punish not only the illegal […]
Senator Sonny Angara said the government’s national disaster risk reduction management fund (NDRRMF), known as calamity fund 2023, which the 19th Congress will approve, is roughly at P30 billion. Angara said this calamity fund is larger than the previous years. “Given the increased frequency and magnitude of recent typhoons, this is appropriate.” “Given the increased […]