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HOUSE PANEL APPROVES E-GOVERNMENT BILL— VILLAFUERTE

The House committee on information and communications technology (ICT) has given its nod to the measure on E-Government that seeks to interlink electronic or contactless services and processes in all government agencies and corporations to ensure that the Philippines gets ahead of the curve in the new norm of continued social distancing and digital transactions. This committee passed before the Congress’ sine […]

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DCC CLUSTER APPROVES CURES BILL TO BOOST INFRA SPENDING, CREATE MORE JOBS IN COUNTRYSIDE — VILLAFUERTE

Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has said that the P1.5-trillion countryside infrastructure spending measure green-lighted by the social amelioration cluster of the House’s Defeat COVID-19 Committee (DCC) is guaranteed to create a multitude of employment opportunities especially in rural areas to partly make up for the jobs that were lost amid the coronavirus pandemic. Villafuerte said […]

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DTI, BOI MUST WORK DOUBLE TIME IN ATTRACTING INVESTORS SET TO EXIT CHINA – VILLAFUERTE

Deputy Speaker Lray Villafuerte is calling on the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Board of Investments (BOI) to work double-time in conducting roadshows abroad to attract foreign investors set on leaving China to relocate to the Philippines. Villafuerte at the same time called on the Senate to approve the state economic team’s modified version of the […]