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House Deputy Majority Leader Luigi Villafuerte has backed plans by the Philippine National Police (PNP) to use drones to beef up maritime patrol in the government’s operations against smuggling and other illicit activities in forested and coastal villages. Villafuerte said this police plan, as broached by PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. himself, is aligned with […]
Camarines Sur Reps. Migz Villafuerte and Luigi Villafuerte have shot down a proposal by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for the government to discontinue exempting senior citizens from the 12% Value Added Tax (VAT) as part of fiscal consolidation reforms to reduce our debt and narrow the budget deficit. At this time […]
Camarines Sur representatives Luigi Villafuerte and Migz Villafuerte want the Senate to join the House of Representatives in standing up for line workers in the electric power and telecommunications (telecom) industries by passing a House-approved measure providing mandatory insurance plus other benefits to these indispensable crews with high-risk jobs. The rest of the windfall that await […]
In support of the growing public clamor for greater transparency in the government procurement system, Deputy Minority Leader Luigi Villafuerte and Migz Villafuerte are seeking swift congressional approval of a measure prohibiting close relatives of public officials from acquiring government contracts. With the people’s best interest and the protection of the general welfare in mind, […]
With the House of Representatives already clearing the measure lifting the expiration periods on the data or loads offered by internet service providers (ISPs) to their subscribers, Camarines Sur lawmakers are hoping for timely action by the Senate on a counterpart measure so the Congress can provide relief this 2026 to Filipino consumers by enabling them […]
Amid the heightened efforts by Malacañan Palace to flush out official corruption, a group of lawmakers has re-filed a bill seeking to promote greater transparency in public governance by empowering the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to examine the bank deposits of certain individuals or corporations once there is reasonable ground to believe these persons […]
Rep. Migz Villafuerte along with Deputy Majority Leader Luigi Villafuerte plus two more Camarines Sur lawmakers are pushing a universal social pension for the elderly that will mean a monthly allowance of at least P500 for all senior citizens, including those who are not considered indigent ones or without incomes. These Camarines Sur legislators are proposing in […]
In this era of digitalization in which peoples, governments and businesses have become highly vulnerable to increasingly pernicious attacks on cyberspace, Camarines Sur legislators are pressing the creation of a quick-response agency to craft and carry out a masterplan for building a robust defense infrastructure to shield individuals and organizations from cyberattacks. These lawmakers led […]
Camarines Sur Reps. Migz Villafuerte and Luigi Villafuerte have welcomed the government’s move to enlarge further its Expanded Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) program by including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and even families living in danger zones without their own homes among the beneficiaries of this mass housing initiative. The brothers said the twin decisions by […]