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Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte wants state subsidies for the rentals of eligible informal settlers to encourage them to transfer from danger areas and public and privately-owned lands to permanent homes available in the formal housing market. Villafuerte said his proposed rent subsidies will likewise address the temporary relocation of families displaced by either natural or […]
Face shields are an additional requirement that provides additional protection for workers and commuters. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles stressed this in a Facebook Live session on Saturday night where he took time to explain how and why the government decided to make face shields mandatory for individuals in the workplace and those who take public […]
Senator Bong Go assured that the poor and other vulnerable sectors of society will be given free face masks by the government as it begins enforcing a stricter mask-wearing policy to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “Last month, I urged the government to enforce a stronger mask-wearing policy in the country. I appealed to […]
Region 10 will benefit from the implementation of the Duterte administration’s Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) initiative with the launching of the program in Cagayan de Oro City. “We just recently conducted a virtual Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Marketing Agreement (MA) Signing for EPAHP in Eastern Visayas and we now focus our […]
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) National President and Quirino Gov. Dax Cua has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to issue a proclamation extending the country’s state of calamity in order for local government units (LGUs) to retain the capability to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter addressed to Secretary of National […]
National and local officials led by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles formally turned over completed housing units to beneficiaries in Biliran town in Biliran province on Thursday, August 13, 2020 in fulfillment of the Duterte administration’s promise to address the needs of Typhoon Yolanda victims.In a virtual handover ceremony where 1,265 housing units of the Yolanda […]
Senator Win Gatchalian called for transparency in the government’s plan to study the possibility of tapping nuclear energy as a long term-option for energy generation. “Transparency should be the guiding post from day one on the conduct of the study for the possible adoption of nuclear power in our energy mix. The conduct of this study […]
House Minority Leader Benny Abante Jr. is urging the government to properly monitor the use of funds Congress has allocated for the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response, as he stressed that monitoring, and the passage of a freedom of information (FOI) measure, will help prevent the misuse and abuse of these funds. Speaking to reporters […]
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles said he will lend his full support to a bill seeking to increase the monthly pension of senior citizens from P500 to P1,000.“Our indigent senior citizens need all the help they can get especially during this pandemic. Malaking tulong kung madagdagan natin ang monthly pension nila na sa kasalukuyan ay kakarampot […]
The House leadership has assured tourism business leaders this week of the chamber’s unequivocal support for this once booming industry, as the chamber has set aside a considerable part of its just-approved bill on the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 for the recovery of this sector that is one of the […]