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A week after appearing on the House floor to appeal for additional aid for Isabela residents adversely affected by floods caused by Typhoon Ulysses, Isabela 6th District Rep. Inno Dy V on Monday thanked House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco for proposing that an additional P5 billion be added to the calamity fund under the proposed […]
Senator Bato Dela Rosa expressed full support for an increase in the budget of the housing department as well as the reconstruction and rehabilitation of war-torn Marawi City to ensure a decent and permanent shelter for all Filipinos. In his manifestation during the Senate public hearing on the proposed budget of the Department of Human […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has asked the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to dispatch a team of labor inspectors to Muntinlupa to look into the safety protocols at the construction site of Skyway where a girder fell and crashed into vehicles along the East Service Road recently. Villanueva said he expected labor inspectors to determine any […]
With the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) under fire for the severe flooding in Isabela and Cagayan when Typhoon “Ulysses” swamped the provinces recently, Senator Dick Gordon pointed out that the agency should be properly supervised to avoid a repeat of the catastrophic incident. “We cannot solve everything through legislation, all the laws are there. What […]
A farm village will soon be put up in the province of Nueva Ecija to boost its agricultural and tourism sectors. Governor Aurelio Umali said the concept of the project is to promote the various agricultural programs of the provincial government while at the same time become a tourism destination. “Ang aking hangarin ay makapagpatayo […]
Senator Joel Villanueva scored the Department of Health (DOH) for its persistent failure to augment the health human resource needed for the country’s COVID-19 response, saying that its emergency hiring program offers terms that are worse than “endo” and unreasonable as the pandemic is anticipated to last until next year. Villanueva, chair of the Senate […]
Senator Dick Gordon is urging the Department of Health (DOH) to map out plans for the mass testing of evacuees who have to be temporarily sheltered at evacuation centers around the country during calamities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Thousands of evacuees in some provinces of Luzon are now camped out […]
With the growing use of bicycles as an alternative mode of transportation and the increasing number of cycling enthusiasts in the country, Senator Bong Go lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for proclaiming every fourth Sunday of November as National Bicycle Day through Proclamation No. 1052. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is mandated to lead […]
The construction of the first-ever overseas Filipino workers (OFW) hospital has recently started after being delayed by quarantine measures imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. During the kick-off ceremony, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the provincial government of Pampanga signed the deed of usufruct for the […]
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles denounced the recent killings of a lawyer and judge in separate incidents, which adds to growing the list of lawyers, judges, and prosecutors killed since 2016 up to 52. Lawyer Eric Jay Magcamit was gunned down on Tuesday while on his way to a hearing in Quezon, Palawan. Meanwhile, […]