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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 […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III on Thursday renewed calls for the “urgent and immediate follow through on the abolition of the Road Board” after noting that the Senate had already passed a measure putting an end to the government agency’s existence early this year. The lawmaker likewise tagged as “legally questionable” the House of Representatives’ “rescission” […]
To address the overloading of cases in the trial courts which defeat the Constitutional provision on the speedy disposition of cases, Senator Dick Gordon has proposed the creation of judges-at-large positions in the lower courts. Gordon, chairman of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, filed Senate Bill No. 2002 or the Judges-At-Large Act of […]