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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) must streamline its rules on the 45-day election ban on public spending and expedite actions on pending requests for exemptions. Camarines Sur 2nd District Representative LRay Villafuerte said the Comelec could speed up its action on applications for exemptions on fund releases or disbursements by giving itself a deadline of […]
The Zamboanga City government is making the necessary preparations for the solemn observance of Holy Week which include the sprucing up of the Abong-Abong Holy Hill in Barangay Pasonanca, Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said. “It will be opened to the public for the first time since the pandemic started in March 2020,” Climaco-Salazar said. “Some […]
Turning the spotlight on voters, not candidates a month before the May 9 Elections, Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero said the biggest act of heroism Filipinos can do this year is to participate in the electoral process and exercise their right to vote. Escudero said that amid the noise of the political campaign, people should look […]
Following a proposal by the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to import sugar, Senator Dick Gordon has recommended developing the Philippines’ sugar industry and helping the farmers earn more through innovation. “[Dapat] palakasin ang capability at capacity ng ating sugar farmers para lumakas ang kanilang produkto at mabigyan sila ng […]
As millions of dutiful Filipino taxpayers file their income tax returns before the April 18 deadline, vice-presidential candidate Senator Kiko Pangilinan urged the government, particularly the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), to show fairness and collect the estimated P203-billion estate tax of the Marcoses. “Gustong makita ng ating mga kababayan na patas ang gobyerno sa […]
A party-list lawmaker representing the agriculture sector urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reconsider its decision to deny the Department of Agriculture’s appeal for a spending ban exemption on the fuel subsidy for farmers and fisherfolk nationwide amid the increasing oil prices exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Magsasaka Representative Argel Cabatbat said the […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has opened four fish processing plants in Central Luzon to help ensure sustainable livelihood for the marginalized fisherfolks in the region. The new facilities are located in Orion, Bataan; Obando, and Paombong, both in Bulacan; and in Santo Tomas, Pampanga. The setting up of fish processing plants was implemented under […]
Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero is ranked No. 1 in the senatorial mock polls conducted by La Salle University in Ozamiz City from March 23-25, during which 47% of the college students said they would vote for the veteran lawmaker. According to the University Student Government, 1,449 students took part in the “LSU Votes: Philippine Mock […]
Vice-presidential candidate Senator Kiko Pangilinan vowed to help farmers in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro who are losing onions worth millions of pesos to armyworm (harabas) infestation. Pangilinan met with a group of farmers in Barangay Magbay to determine the extent of the armyworm damage inflicted on local onion farmers who are seeking national government intervention. […]
Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri called on the Sugar Regulatory Administration not to push through with a new importation program supposedly proposed by the administration, after already receiving two injunctions for Sugar Order No. 3 in February. “Our local sugar farmers are again approaching our office, deeply concerned over talks of a new SRA proposal […]