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Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte presented the city’s efforts to promote healthy food in schools and communities during the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) China and the Chinese Government’s Healthy Food City Forum in Chengdu recently. Among the strategies that Belmonte shared were the reconstitution of the Quezon City Nutrition Committee, implementation of the Philippines’ […]
Amid plenary budget deliberations, the House of Representatives approved on second reading House Bill (HB) 8969 or the proposed “Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP) Pension System Act.” The measure seeks to ensure the sustainability of the pension and other benefits of MUP by creating a fiscal framework that fully supports its funding requirements. HB 8969 […]
Senator Chiz Escudero challenged the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to immediately file charges against traders suspected of smuggling and hoarding rice, which is being blamed for the artificial shortage of the food staple and price spikes in recent months. At the same time, Escudero called on customs for their failure to disclose to the public […]
Senator Bong Go inspected several key infrastructure projects in Damulog, Bukidnon, which he was instrumental in pursuing as vice chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance. Go’s first stop was the Bagsakan Center, a public market established to provide a centralized location for local farmers and vendors to sell their produce. The legislator said the […]
Senator Grace Poe said authorities should start to test the mettle of the SIM Registration law by arresting and penalizing text scammers. Poe said the law has good provisions, which should be put into effective use by concerned agencies, law enforcers and telecommunications companies (telcos), instead of halting its implementation. “Nasa awtoridad ang responsibilidad ng […]
“The government should keep the caps on rice costs as long as these are needed to safeguard consumers against price shocks and counteract potential illegal acts of price manipulation, profiteering and hoarding.” House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Representative Nonoy Libanan said as he urged the government “to do everything it can to insulate consumers, […]
In preparation for the anticipated increase in passengers traveling from Matnog Port in Sorsogon to the Visayas and Mindanao during the upcoming Undas season, Sorsogon Governor Boboy Hamor convened a meeting recently with various partner agencies involved in preparing the province, specifically focusing on the Blue Lane Project of the Katrangkiluhan Program. Present at the […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) to efficiently use their budget to address the lack of farm equipment and post-harvest facilities to increase agricultural workers’ production and address soaring food prices. “Sa pag-iikot ko sa ating bansa, isa po sa laging pinoproblema ng ating cooperatives […]
A week into this year’s celebration of National Teachers’ Month, CamSur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is asking the Congress to put on the front burner twin measures bumping up the pay and making permanent the teaching supplies’ allowance of some 800,000 public school teachers. Villafuerte made this appeal in support of President Marcos’ renewed commitment to deliver on his 2023 […]
Senator Bong Go highlighted the timely and rapidly growing potential of e-sports not only in the Philippines but also globally during a budget hearing for the Games and Amusements Board (GAB). With a proposed budget of P131 million for 2024, GAB, which is responsible for regulating and supervising professional sports, has also been keenly observing […]