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AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Wednesday urged the government to prepare for El Niño as he reiterated his call for the creation of a Department of Water Resources. “Kailangang paghandaang mabuti ng pamahalaan ang El Niño, lalo pa at inaasahan na makakaapekto ito sa mga pananim ngayong taon, partikular sa bigas,” Lee said. […]
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) invites leaders and human resource (HR) practitioners in the government to attend the 2023 Public Sector HR Symposium in Pasay City, Metro Manila, on 26 to 27 September 2023. Now in its 10th year, the HR Symposium is an annual learning conference spearheaded by the Civil Service Institute (CSI) to […]
As the nation commemorates the National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM) this July, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) commends the unwavering dedication of civil servants engaged in disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) who plays a vital role in safeguarding the lives and well-being of Filipinos during emergencies, calamities, and other hazardous events. CSC Chairperson Karlo […]
With the country’s farmers facing the threats of the El Niño phenomenon, AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Monday urged the government to maximize state educational institutions like the University of the Philippines (UP) to produce crops that can survive extreme weather conditions that lead to extended droughts and damaging floods. “We should all […]
The House of Representatives’ committee on labor and employment chair and Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles believes that the government should aggressively move to bring down the cost of basic goods as a complement to a wage hike. “Our efforts to improve workers’ quality of life should not stop with a wage hike. We […]
If farmers are given the proper support to make farming a viable livelihood, then agrarian reform beneficiaries would not be tempted to sell the land they acquired, said AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee. “Naiintindihan natin ang pangamba ng ating mga civil society organizations (CSOs), ngunit bilang principal author ng New Agrarian Emancipation Act, nais […]
Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles met International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo and other ILO executives in a luncheon meeting last 26 June 2023 in Ermita, Manila, as part of the labor official’s three-day official visit to the country. CSC joined other government agencies in the meeting, which was aimed at […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee hailed the New Agrarian Emancipation Act to be signed on Friday by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. as a win for farmer-beneficiaries, who will now be unburdened of their obligations to the government for parcels of land they received under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988. Lee on […]
AnaKalusugan Party-list Representative Ray T. Reyes believes increasing taxes on e-cigarettes will help raise funds for Universal Health Care and dissuade the youth from vaping. Reyes also expressed his concern over the increasing number of teenagers in the country that are using vape. Republic Act 11900 or the Vape Law passed in July 2022 lowered […]
The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) participated in the UGNAYAN Lecture Series organized by the Center for Local and Regional Governance (CLRG) in collaboration with ULAP. The UGNAYAN Lecture Series, held on 30 June 2023 and organized by CLRG in collaboration with ULAP, aims to address the challenges of decentralization and promote […]