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House Speaker Bojie Dy convened a strategic dialogue with farmers at the Isabela Convention Center (ICON) in Cauayan City recently to address pressing agricultural concerns.The forum brought together key stakeholders, including Provincial Agriculturist Sergio Galamgam, city and municipal agriculturists, leaders of Irrigators Associations and Farmers’ Cooperatives, as well as several mayors and city officials from […]
The more than 950,000 public school teachers employed by the Department of Education (DepEd) are set to receive their ₱1,000 World Teachers’ Day Incentive Benefit (WTDIB) this coming Sunday, October 5, according to House Assistant Minority Leader and Eastern Samar Representative Christopher Sheen Gonzales. “The ₱955 million funding for this year’s WTDIB is line-itemized in the […]
Pampanga First District Representative Carmelo Lazatin, Jr. has filed House Resolution No. 278 requesting the Department of Agriculture (DA) to establish KADIWA ‘Benteng Bigas Meron Na’ Rolling Stores in Pampangas’ 1st District. Officially launched in Batangas on July 10, 2025, the KADIWA Rolling Store is part of the food security programs of President Ferdinand Marcos, […]
The House of Representatives under the leadership of Speaker Bojie Dy, elected lawyer Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil as Secretary General and retired Army Brig. Gen. Ferdinand Melchor Dela Cruz as Sergeant-at-Arms. Garafil said that she will work closely with House officials and staff to ensure that “legislative processes are efficient, transparent and responsive” in support of the […]
Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Representative Robert Nazal is pushing for the “Gobyernong Walang Padrino” Bill meant to “restore faith in government and institutionalize meritocracy, transparency, and accountability in the civil service.” Nazal said, “given the current crisis of confidence in government and bureaucracy because of corruption in infrastructure projects, our House Bill 242 is a timely solution.” […]
4Ps Representative Nonoy Libanan has been re-elected as House minority leader. Libanan won a unanimous vote from the 27-member minority bloc in a caucus held shortly after Isabela Representative Faustino Dy III was elected the new Speaker. Dy’s election came after Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez resigned from the country’s fourth-highest elective post. The minority group […]
Manila 6th District Representative Benny Abante welcomed the election of Isabela 6th District Representative Faustino “Bojie” Dy III as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives. Abante vowed to support Dy’s call for transparency and accountability in response to public clamor for reforms in the national budget process. “I welcome the leadership of Speaker […]
House Assistant Minority Leader and Eastern Samar Representative Christopher Sheen Gonzales filed a bill that would triple the World Teachers’ Day Incentive Benefit (WTDIB), giving every public school teacher under the Department of Education (DepEd) a ₱3,000 cash gift instead of the current ₱1,000. “Teachers are the bedrock of nation-building. By increasing the WTDIB, we are […]
Pampanga First District Representative Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. filed a bill mandating the establishment of the Philippine Online Library and the digitization of all prescribed references for public education. Under House Bill No. 4356, to be known as the “Establishing the Philippine Online Library and Digitization of Public School References Act,” the Department of Education […]
House Assistant Minority Leader and Eastern Samar Representative Sheen Gonzales demanded a congressional inquiry into the destructive impact of large-scale nickel and chromite mining operations on Homonhon Island, warning of grave environmental damage and social displacement in the historic site in his home province. In House Resolution No. 234, Gonzales urged the House committees on […]