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VILLAFUERTES PUSH FOR WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

As consumers brace for water rate hikes this 2026, House Deputy Majority Leader Luigi Villafuerte and Camarines Sur Rep. Migz Villafuerte are calling on senators to clear a House-passed approach to integrated resource management to ensure easy, universal access to safe and affordable water for Filipinos in the long haul. House Bill (HB) No. 6789, or […]

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VILLAFUERTE: MANDATE DIGITAL PAYMENTS TO GOV’T   

With the three-fold jump in the volume of electronic fund transfers (EFTs) to 4.065 billion transactions worth over P22 trillion, Camarines Sur Rep. Migz Villafuerte wants Congress to further boost the growth momentum of Philippine e-commerce by writing a law mandating the use of online payments in most official dealings.       “The sustained dramatic growth  in both volume and value of EFTs cleared […]

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NEW LIVESTOCK LAW TO CHECK PORK PRICES PUSHED

The runaway cost of pork has Camarines Sur Reps. Migz Villafuerte and Luigi Villafuerte batting for the speedy and full implementation of a new livestock law, which can, in the long haul—in the words of Agriculture Secretary Francis Tiu Laurel Jr.—“restore sanity” to the market prices of liempo, kasim and other meat products. With the market cost […]

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HOUSE CONSOLIDATING BILLS VS SPAM EMAIL, CALLS

A technical working group (TWG) of the House committee on information and communications technology (ICT) is fine-tuning a measure meant to protect mobile or cellular phone subscribers and electronic mail (e-mail) users from unsolicited digital communications, in line with Congress’ efforts to build on consumer protection on cyberspace, according to panel chairman Rep. Migz Villafuerte. Villafuerte […]

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VILLAFUERTE PUSHES FOR ROLL-OVER ISP DATA ACT

Camarines Sur Rep. Migz Villafuerte is hoping for the judicious  congressional action on  a pro-consumer measure allowing prepaid and postpaid subscribers of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to still use or carry over their remaining or unused data to the next billing cycle or until such loads are fully consumed. “We in the House committee on information and […]

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VILLAFUERTES BACK BANK SECRECY LAW LIFTING

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 […]

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P500 MONTHLY SOCIAL PENSION FOR ALL SENIORS PUSHED

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 […]

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VILLAFUERTES PUSH FOR NAT’L CYBERSECURITY AGENCY

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 […]

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CAMSUR SOLONS WANT AI DEV’T, USE REGULATED IN PH

A group of Camarines Sur (CamSur) lawmakers is pushing a regulatory framework for artificial intelligence (AI) in support of the National AI Strategy for the Philippines (NAIS Ph) recently approved by President Marcos on the “safe, responsible and ethical” integration of this disruptive innovation into public services across the pillars of Government, technology, data and […]

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INCLUSION OF OFWS IN 4PH HOUSING PROGRAM HAILED

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 […]