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With crop damage caused by El Niño now reaching almost P8 billion, ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban who also chairs the House of Representatives’ agriculture committee is urging government to release needed financial aid to the 247,610 affected farmers and help offset their losses. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the […]
“The PTFoMS is indeed a welcome development.” The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved on final reading a measure providing a free and culture-sensitive system of civil registration for indigenous peoples (IPs). With 162 affirmative votes, the Lower House passed on third reading House Bill No. 7849, or the proposed “Indigenous Peoples Civil Registration System (ICPRS) […]
House Agriculture Committee Chair and Anac-IP Party-list Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr. on Friday expressed confidence that the rice tariffication bill would be approved on third reading on Monday. The House of Representatives terminated sponsorship and debates on House Bill 7735, or the “Revised Agricultural Tariffication Act,” last Wednesday. The Senate version is still being […]