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The House of Representatives Committee on Housing and Urban Development recently reviewed existing government issuances related to housing price ceilings in a bid to encourage greater private sector participation in the government’s mass socialized housing projects for the poor and middle-income earners. The committee specifically tackled Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) 3, series of 2023, or […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez said he would spearhead an investigation in aid of legislation into the widening gap between farmgate and retail prices of rice and other basic goods as soon as the House of Representatives resumes session on April 29.This developed after the meeting of the Speaker and Deputy Majority Leader Erwin Tulfo with representatives […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez said the House of Representatives would focus on strengthening national security and enhancing economic development in the remaining session of the 19th Congress.“As we embark on another session this April 29th, our legislative focus sharpens on the dual imperatives of national security and robust development. Recognizing that peace is the cornerstone of […]
Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) has reached the peaks of Benguet, rolling out a total of P412 million in cash aid and government programs to 80,000 beneficiaries in the province. Speaker Martin Romualdez, one of the major proponents of the service caravan, led a total of 70 participating national government agencies in delivering over 326 […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez expressed optimism that the staging of the 6th Indo-Pacific Business Forum (IPBF) in Manila this year will draw a surge of foreign investments into the country, creating more jobs and livelihood opportunities for Filipinos.This developed after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. extended his invitation to top US business leaders to participate in the […]
The House Committee on Youth and Sports Development chaired by Isabela Representative Faustino Michael Carlos Dy III met with the Senate Committee on Sports, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), as well as Philippine National Anti-Doping Organization (PHINADO) to ensure that the country fully complies with the world anti-doping code.Dy said that the […]
House of Representatives Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan wants the government to keep on distributing the P600 monthly rice subsidy to Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) households in cash, instead of actual bags of rice. “Rice is good, but cash is better because the money gets delivered straight and fast into the LandBank cash cards of […]
Finance Secretary Ralph Recto should consider visiting Japan to seek Tokyo’s assistance in funding the long-delayed Mindanao Railway Project (MRP), Surigao del Sur Representative Johnny Pimentel said. “We do not want Mindanao to be left behind in the government’s railway infrastructure development plan,” said Pimentel, a senior member of the House committee on flagship programs […]
Upon the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the unprecedented Cash and Rice Distribution (CARD) Program of the House of Representatives led by Speaker Martin Romualdez granted 3,000 residents in Agusan del Norte belonging to vulnerable sectors — the poor, senior citizens, PWDs, single parents and indigenous peoples — financial and rice aid. The CARD […]
The Philippines and China should work to ease heightening tensions over a maritime dispute, House of Representatives Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan said. “Both countries should exhaust all diplomatic avenues to de-escalate the situation,” Libanan stressed. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had earlier said that the Philippines “will not surrender its sovereign rights” amid China’s intimidation. “Filipinos […]