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Food prices have begun climbing in several markets even before major fuel price adjustments take effect, prompting Senator Bong Go to call on traders and suppliers to refrain from exploiting the situation through hoarding, overpricing, and other practices that place additional strain on consumers, particularly low-income households. Go noted that the looming fuel price hikes […]
Senator Joel Villanueva today lauded the “community pantry” phenomenon that is fast growing among the villages and neighborhoods in the country, spreading the spirit of “bayanihan” among members of the populace and helping in filling the gaps in government aid in some areas. “I think it is ‘love thy neighbor’ in practice, and the classic […]
With Congress set to ratify the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2), House Minority Leader Benny Abante Jr. on Sunday urged the government to procure personal protective equipment (PPE), masks, and other paraphernalia that are locally manufactured, in line with provisions of Bayanihan 2. Abante lamented reports that the government has been procuring […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has appealed to senators to help Filipinos live in a safer environment until such a time that the threat of the coronavirus pandemic subsides by passing soon enough its version of the House-approved “Better Normal’ bill that prescribes a ‘whole-of-society’ approach to strict mandatory safety and physical distancing protocols aimed at […]
This is according to House Minority Leader Benny Abante, Jr., who also said that with the passage of House Bill No. 6953, “the ball is now in the court of the Executive branch.” “Nagtulungan kami ng Majority upang maipasa agad ang Bayanihan 2 dahil alam namin na matindi na ang pangangailangan ng ating mga kababayan,” […]
The House of Representatives is set to approve on third and final reading this week the proposed Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, with the hope that Congress will have provided President Rodrigo Duterte by September with special powers anew to best deal with the apparently protracted global health and economic crisis spawned by the […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte is pushing for the immediate congressional passage of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 to arm President Rodrigo Duterte with continued special powers to deal with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic with the same decisiveness and available resources that had allowed the government to save 1.3 million […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the government to carry out a subsidy program similar to the Paycheck Protection Program of the United States to prevent further lay-offs in the country as quarantine measures take a huge bite out of businesses’ bottom line. Gatchalian explains that a Paycheck Protection Program is a loan program designed to […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has assured the Palace and the public that the House leadership under Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano will fully support the convening of a special session by Congress to pass the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, in order to continue the giving of special powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to deal […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to defer their tuition hike petitions while most families have been struggling with financial woes since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic hit the country. Some HEIs have submitted their tuition hike applications even prior to the enforcement of lockdown measures, according to the Commission on Higher […]