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Senator Joel Villanueva, vice chair of the Senate Committee on Sports, commended the Tanauan Little League for being crowned as the 2018 Senior Softball World Series champions. In Senate Resolution No. 842, Villanueva congratulated the Tanauan Little League who hails from Batangas for defeating Texas District 9 Little League with a 7-0 win held at […]
Now that “federalism is an uphill climb,” Senator Koko Pimentel III said Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte should seek a Senate seat in next year’s midterm elections for Mindanao to have a greater Senate representation. In asking Sara to run, Pimentel said the Senate presence of the daughter of President Rodrigo Duterte will give Mindanao […]
Senator Cynthia Villar has stressed the urgent need for government to do so much more to improve the country’s aquaculture sector and boost the production and income of fresh water fish farmers. Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, noted that the volume of total fisheries production went down to around 1 […]
With budget deliberations in the House of Representatives (HOR) on hold because of clashing views on the cash-based budgeting system being pushed by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), electric cooperative groups on Thursday called on legislators to close ranks behind House Appropriations Committee Chair Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles. According to the electric cooperative […]
Senator Cynthia Villar presided over the hearing on the accompanying bill of the measure creating the coconut levy trust fund which will strengthen and reconstitute the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Board. Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, authored Senate Bill 1913 or the Reconstituted PCA Board Law. This repeals Presidential Decree 1468 […]
Senator Sonny Angara has joined the call of the Senate leadership to suspend the implementation of the driver-only vehicle ban in EDSA, and to provide for real solutions to Metro Manila’s congested traffic situation. “Effective solutions should be long-term. The only way we can give Filipinos freedom from traffic is by improving our public transportation. […]
A party-list group representing the agriculture sector has echoed the call of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol for government to pour more funds into agriculture to increase the sector’s productivity. Piñol’s statement was made in light of concern expressed by Socioeconomic Planning Sec. Ernesto Pernia over the sector’s “stagnant performance” for the second quarter of 2018. […]
Despite pronouncements by government economic managers that they would continue to push for the adoption of cash-based budgeting, House Appropriations Chair Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Wednesday remained hopeful that a “win-win” outcome was still possible in the ongoing impasse over the 2019 budget. In an interview on ANC’s Headstart, the legislator from Davao reiterated […]
Senator Joel Villanueva congratulated the Philippine team for topping the 14th International Mathematics Contest held in Singapore last July 27 to 30. In Senate Resolution No. 841 filed by Villanueva, the veteran legislator commended the Philippine contingent for their “victory and sterling performance.” “This is another testament to the world class talent of the Filipino […]
A bill which seeks to create the lone legislative district of Calamba City in Laguna has been approved by the Senate on third and final reading. House Bill No. 990, sponsored by Senator Juan Edgardo Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Local Government, was approved with 19 affirmative votes, no negative vote and no […]