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Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said in a radio interview over the weekend that government would concretely address issues arising from the pressing problem of hunger and poverty amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “The hunger problem is worldwide. According to the United Nations, 690 million individuals suffer from hunger on a daily basis, and the […]
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles denounced the recent killings of a lawyer and judge in separate incidents, which adds to growing the list of lawyers, judges, and prosecutors killed since 2016 up to 52. Lawyer Eric Jay Magcamit was gunned down on Tuesday while on his way to a hearing in Quezon, Palawan. Meanwhile, […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has welcomed Malacañang’s creation of an expanded, special inter-agency task force to take charge of rehabilitating Bicol and other places across Luzon affected by the three devastating typhoons that struck Luzon in barely two weeks’ time. “We welcome the apparent expansion of the special task force that President Duterte created […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led national and local officials in the 14th virtual turn over ceremony of Typhoon Yolanda housing units, this time in the town of Ivisan in Capiz last November 17, 2020 under the auspices of the Yolanda Permanent Housing Project in Region 6.Nograles chairs the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Unified Implementation […]
With the buffet of disasters battering different parts the country yearly, Senator Dick Gordon has proposed additional allocations to augment the calamity funds of local government units (LGUs), especially those that were hit by the recent disasters that hit the country, such as the regions of Bicol, Cagayan and the National Capital Region, among others. […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan said he will be filing a Senate resolution to probe the flooding in the wake of Typhoon Ulysses that killed at least 24 persons in Cagayan. “Sunod-sunod na mga sakuna ang nangyari sa bansa nitong mga nakaraang linggo, pero dapat pa ring tanungin: Naiwasan kaya ito kung na-control nang maayos ang pagbukas […]
Local government unit (LGU) executives would welcome and participate in legislative inquiries into the flooding in the Cagayan region and other regions during the height of Typhoon Ulysses, as these could lead to improved systems that could prevent similar episodes in the future. This was stressed on Wednesday by Union of Local Authorities of the […]
Senator Joel Villanueva took issue with the government’s unfilled plantilla positions, pointing out that urgent need to fill vacant roles given the need to generate jobs amid the record-high unemployment caused by the ongoing pandemic and the recent natural calamities. Villanueva said that nearly 180,000 jobs in authorized plantilla positions in government remain unfilled, while it […]
A lawmaker urged agencies on top of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response to prepare a concrete plan to properly roll out the COVID-19 vaccine, stressing that the government “should be ready to organize and undertake mass vaccination programs once supplies of a vaccine have been obtained.” Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante Jr. on Tuesday […]
In order for the economy to rebound from its dismal growth in 2020, Senator Sonny Angara said the efforts to strengthen the country’s health responses should continue as a first step. The economy contracted by 11.5% in the third quarter of this year based on the latest data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). […]