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Saying cheap credit will also improve the agriculture sector’s productivity, Senator Cynthia Villar commended thrift banks for being at the forefront of providing this to farmers and fisherfolks. During the Chamber of Thrift Banks General Membership Meeting at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel, Villar said agri-entrepreneurs, businesses and rural cooperatives are also among the beneficiaries of […]
ANAC-IP Rep. Jose Panganiban urged Environment Sec. Roy Cimatu to make ensuring Boracay’s sustainability its number one priority. This after Cimatu, who heads Task Force Boracay, revealed during a hearing of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources that the island is set to reopen on October 26. Panganiban, a member of the committee, […]
House Appropriations Committee Chair and Davao 1st District Rep. Karlo Nograles joined the chorus of cheers for “fellow probinsyano” Sen. Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, who knocked out Argentine Lucas Matthysse in the seventh round of their bout, Pacquiao’s 69th fight, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nograles said he was proud of fellow Mindanao native Pacquiao––who turns 40 […]
Senator Dick Gordon called for a deep sense of urgency to reopen the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) and finally fulfill the full conversion of former US bases in Central Luzon for the country’s use. Gordon, who envisioned and led the successful conversion of the former US bases in Subic and Clark as free ports, […]
Senator Joel Villanueva lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to certify as a priority measure the Universal Health Coverage Bill. The House of Representatives approved the bill on third and final reading on September 6 last year while the Senate version is still pending. At the Senate, Villanueva authored Senate Bill No. 60 or the Enhanced […]
Urban agriculture is a viable intervention to make poor households and communities healthier and more food sufficient, Senator Cynthia Villar said. Villar, who is the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, notes how the spiraling prices of food and other commodities have made life more difficult for families in poor urban communities. […]
Concerned over the rising number of leptospirosis cases in the country, Senator Nancy Binay urged the Department of Health (DOH) and local government units to launch a massive campaign to be proactive in the fight against the disease in the barangays. Binay said the DOH, with the help of local government units (LGUs), should remain […]
Senator Win Gatchalian called for the scrapping of a plan by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA) to conduct mandatory drug tests on students, and instead proposed that the budget for the tests be used instead to hire more guidance counselors for the Department of Education (DepEd). DepEd previously noted that with at least 14 […]
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) paid the late Senate President Edgardo Angara a special tribute in recognition of his contribution to uplift the lives of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families. The OWWA Board, led by its chairman Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and vice chairman OWWA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac, recently handed […]
With the typhoon season again upon us, Senator Cynthia Villar has asked insurance companies to help smallholder farmers recover fast from the damage brought by typhoons and other calamities to crops and livestock by giving insurance coverage to the agricultural sector. “We want our farmer to get back within one week to the field to […]