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QUICK RECOVERY WITH EXTENDED 2020 GAA, BAYANIHAN 2

Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte said Thursday that President Duterte’s signing of laws extending the validity of unspent funds under both the 2020 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act  (Bayanihan 2) will let the government further accelerate public spending and fast-track  the  recovery of the domestic economy  from  the  pandemic-induced […]

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VILLAFUERTE: CONVERT HAZARDOUS WASTES TO ENERGY

Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte has proposed congressional action on his proposal to finetune the Philippine Clean Air Act by mandating the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to promote the use of state-of-the-art thermal and other treatment technologies to convert biomedical and hazardous wastes into usable energy forms like fuel and electricity.  Under […]

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VILLAFUERTE: CONVERT TEXTBOOKS INTO DIGITAL FORMAT

Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte is seeking the swift approval of his measure that will overhaul the “Book Publishing Industry Development Act” (BPIDA) in order to mandate the scanning or conversion into electronic copies and other digital formats of all textbooks, most especially amid the current shift to blended or distance learning this pandemic season.  Villafuerte […]

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VILLAFUERTE SEEKS OK OF BANGKO SA BARYO BILL

To help accelerate the goal of financial inclusion among all Filipinos as envisioned by President Rodrigo Duterte, Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte has called for the swift congressional approval of the House-approved measure that will allow convenience stores, pharmacies and other highly accessible retail outlets to act as additional service delivery channels of banks in remote and […]

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VILLAFUERTE BATS FOR CBD BILL HEALTH PANEL VOTE

Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte said Monday that last week’s vote by the United Nation (UN) Commission on Narcotics Drugs (CND)’s to delete cannabidiol (CBD) from its list of most dangerous drugs should prompt the House committee on health to take urgent action on his proposal to legalize the production and international marketing of this […]

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VILLAFUERTE BATS FOR PERMANENT EVACUATION CENTERS

Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte has underscored anew the urgency of  building permanent evacuation centers in disaster-prone areas following the triple onslaught that his home province and other Bicol provinces from the recent string of strong typhoons that struck the country.  Villafuerte said Camarines Sur and the rest of Bicol had suffered massive destruction and […]

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VILLAFUERTE: JOB SECURITY FOR MEDIA WORKERS

Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte is pushing for the enactment of a law that will provide media industry workers with security of tenure, hazard and overtime pay and other benefits enjoyed by regular employees. House Bill (HB) No. 7820 or the proposed Media Workers’ Welfare Act aims to guarantee the rights of media workers to self-organization, […]

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VILLAFUERTE BATS FOR CONGRESSIONAL OK OF E-GOVERNMENT BILL

Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte is batting for the speedy approval of a congressional measure establishing  a contactless,  electronic-based system of services in all government offices and state-run corporations to put flesh into President Duterte’s pitch in his latest State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA)  to do away with paper-based official transactions and physical queueing in government offices in […]