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Senator Cynthia Villar, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, is pushing for the declaration of the Province of Catanduanes as the “Abaca Capital of the Philippines” in her recently filed Senate Bill No. 1748. The Philippines is the top producer of abaca in the world. Catanduanes is the top abaca producer of […]
A bill providing a framework to protect and promote the right to adequate food hurdled second reading approval at the House of Representatives. The chamber approved via voice vote House Bill 8242, or the proposed Right To Adequate Food Act. The bill recognizes that every person has a right to be free from hunger. Every […]
A free trip await Antiqueños in Metro Manila who will take the maiden voyage of the roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel owned by Starlite Ferries, Inc. from Batangas to Antique on February 2. “Starlite will be providing a free trip for Antiqueños who had been displaced from their work in Metro Manila due to the coronavirus disease […]
Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte has supported the call by economic managers for Congress to focus on “doable” legislation to attract foreign direct investments (FDIs) and accelerate economic recovery, as he fretted that the revival of the Charter Change (Cha-Cha) initiative at this time would only sidetrack national efforts to overcome the coronavirus pandemic and save […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is seeking the institutionalization of effective parenting that will build the knowledge and skills of parents and parent substitutes to provide quality care during the critical stages of learners’ development. Gatchalian filed Senate Bill No. 1985 or the Parent Effectiveness Service (PES) Program Act which aims to empower and capacitate parents and […]
Aiming to improve the administration of justice in the country, Senator Dick Gordon sponsored before the plenary the committee report on a proposed measure that would ensure the protection and security of the members of the Bench and the entire judiciary. “Today, I am sponsoring another breakthrough bill for the judiciary. The killing of 34 […]
The House of Representatives approved on second reading a measure providing a 25-percent discount to the personal income taxes (PIT) of medical frontliners. The chamber passed through voice voting House Bill 8259 or proposed Handog Sa Mga Bayaning Lumaban Kontra COVID-19 Act, which provides income tax relief to medical frontliners for taxable year 2020 as […]
To prepare for its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine procurement program, the city government of Legazpi has rented a cold storage facility that can store the vaccines on arrival, the Legazpi Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) said. Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal, City IATF chairman, said they have partnered […]
Deputy Speaker and Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante Jr. on Wednesday expressed support for efforts to amend the economic provisions of the Constitution, and said that the move would allow the country to be more “flexible” and enable it to better respond to global economic trends––a position echoed by the members of the government’s […]
The House of Representatives approved on second reading a measure seeking to lower the height requirement for applicants to the Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), and Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). The chamber, through voice voting, passed House Bill 8261, or the proposed PNP, BFP, […]