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CADENA BILL TO ENSURE TRANSPARENT NAT’L BUDGETING

Camarines Sur (CamSur)Rep. Migz Villafuerte, chairman of the House committee on information and communications technology (ICT), is pushing for the timely approval in the Second Regular Session of the 20th Congress of an official digital budget or CADENA portal to ensure greater transparency and accountability  in the use of public funds by encouraging  public participation in the […]

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CYBERSECURITY BILL GETS HOUSE 2ND READING OK

The 20th Congress has moved closer to creating a National Cybersecurity Agency (NCSA) that shall take charge of crafting and implementing a “comprehensive national framework to shield local institutions and digital systems from the increasingly pernicious threats and attacks on cyber space and thereby ensure a more secure digital future for all Filipinos,” according to Camarines […]

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CAMSUR SOLONS BACK TAX ON SINGLE-USE PLASTICS

Camarines Sur (CamSur) Reps. Migz Villafuerte and Luigi Villafuerte are upbeat about the timely approval of a measure imposing a tax on polluting single-use plastics, now that it has been identified by both the Congress and Malacañan Palace as one of the possible revenue measures intended to compensate for P66 billion in annual earnings that […]

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CAMSUR SOLONS: GIDA LAW ENSURES EDUCATION ACCESS

Local government unit (LGU) officials are taking on a stronger voice in the construction of so-called “last mile” public schools in their respective localities, under a new law that President Marcos has signed to expand the access of Filipino learners to basic education   by providing for the establishment of these institutions in geographically isolated and disadvantaged […]

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VILLAFUERTE: HOUSE ICT PANEL CRAFTING CADENA BILL

The House committee on information and communications technology (ICT) has begun consolidating almost 30 bills into a substitute measure  establishing an official digital budget or CADENA portal to ensure greater transparency and accountability  in the use of public funds by encouraging  public participation in the national budgeting process and hopefully getting rid of official corruption. “Our ICT committee […]

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CAMSUR SOLONS WANT HARMONIZED LGU LAND USE PLANS

All local government units (LGUs) shall harmonize their respective land use plans with a science-based national framework, under a measure cleared recently by the House of Representatives to let the government carry out a unified “ridge-to reef” (R2R) approach to the protection and productive use of lands along with the development of infrastructure and settlements […]

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CAMSUR SOLONS: LEGALIZE MOTORCYCLE TAXIS

Amid the recent government freeze on the onboarding of new drivers and riders by Transport Network Companies (TNCs) and Motorcycle Taxi Platform Providers (MTTPs), lawmakers led by Camarines Sur (CamSur) representatives Migz Villafuerte and Luigi Villafuerte are asking Congress to finally legalize the use of motorcycle taxis as a safe, efficient and economical means of […]

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VILLAFUERTES BACK SUSTAINED DRIVE VS FAKE NEWS

Camarines Sur Representatives (CamSur) Migz Villafuerte and Luigi Villafuerte have welcomed sustained action taken by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) to check the proliferation of fake news, as they lauded the PCO’s joint efforts with the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on checking disinformation and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes. The two […]

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VILLAFUERTE BACKS VAT FREEZE ON PETROLEUM GOODS

Camarines Sur (CamSur) Rep. Migz Villafuerte is backing a proposal in the 13-committee House mega panel tackling the global oil shock to suspend for two months the collection of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on petroleum products, “to relieve the burden of the now outrageous fuel prices, which, unless eased, could possibly shove as many  1.34 […]

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‘BACKYARD HOMES’ PUSHED TO CLOSE HOUSING GAP

Deputy Majority Leader Luigi Villafuerte and Camarines Sur (CamSur) Rep. Migz Villafuerte want the government to build  Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), which are more commonly known as “granny flats” or “backyard homes,” to help close the national housing backlog that already  ballooned to 6.5 million units as of 2025. Popular in countries like the United States (US),  Australia, […]