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Posting in social media is good but the country needs your vote. This was the message of House Appropriations Committee Chair Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles, who on Sunday urged unregistered young voters to register for the 2019 national and local elections. The legislator from Davao reminded the public that the continuing registration of voters […]
In a joint hearing, the House Committee on Labor and Employment chaired by Rep. Randolph Ting (3rd District, Cagayan) and Committee on Civil Service and Professional Regulation chaired by Rep. Marvey Marino (5th District, Batangas) initially discussed five proposals to grant bereavement leave with pay to employees in the private and public sectors, which they […]
Senator Sonny Angara has urged government to intensify its jobs programs that will help Filipinos, especially the youth, land high paying jobs amid high youth unemployment and underemployment rates in the country. Based on the July 2018 labor force survey, 1.04 million or almost half of the 2.32 million unemployed Filipinos are youth from the […]
Senator Cynthia Villar has welcomed the approval on second reading of the bill giving greater representation to coconut farmers in the body tasked to manage the P105 billion coconut levy funds. Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, authored Senate Bill 1976 or the Strengthened Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Law. The bill amends […]
This is just another one of those love stories. Or is it not? One night in late May of 2013, there was a victory party in celebration of the recent election of Koko Pimentel as a Senator. Kath Yu, then working as a Chef, was not invited to this party. She was, however, asked to […]
The AGRI Party-list has welcomed the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to bring the National Food Authority (NFA) under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture (DA), saying this would ensure better coordination in tackling perennial issues on rice. The President issued Executive Order 62, which transfers the NFA, Philippine Coconut Authority, and Fertilizer and […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the Senate to pass the rice tariffication bill, saying it is a strong counter-inflationary measure that will bring “immediate relief to Filipino consumers by saving them thousands of pesos per year on rice.” In his co-sponsorship speech for Senate Bill No. 1998, Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, […]
With the rising cost of food products due to high inflation rates, Filipinos need to be resilient and be self-sufficient to sustain their family’s food requirements, Senator Cynthia Villar has stressed. “Everything has become expensive, especially basic food supplies. We are now all feeling the impact of our country’s all-time high inflation rate for the […]
The Senate approved on third and final reading 14 house bills seeking to declare special non-working holidays in several provinces to commemorate local significant events. Senator Sonny Angara, chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government, and sponsor of the bills, said these holidays would be an opportunity for communities to honor and participate in […]
This will be a long week for legislators, as the House of Representatives (HOR) Committee on Appropriations has released a schedule of sponsorship and floor deliberations showing that the House will be conducting sessions until Friday in order to finish discussions on the P3.757 trillion 2019 national budget. This was confirmed by House Appropriations Committee […]