Tag: fisher folk

SENATE MUST OK BILL ON FARMER LOANS — VILLAFUERTE

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date March 8, 2021
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Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has called on the Senate to fast-track its approval of a year-old House-approved measure that aims to enable banks to expand its assistance to agriculture by amending certain provisions of the Agri-Agra Law, following reports that these lending institutions have again fallen short of their loan compliance to the sector […]

Tags Agri-Agra Law, Camarines Sur Rep. Villafuerte, farmers, fisher folk, HB 6134, Loans, Rural Agricultural and Fisheries Development Financing System Act, Senate

Politics

EXPAND GOV’T SUPPORT FOR AGRI SECTOR – GO

Post author By Cassandra Ching
Post date April 4, 2019
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Amid the dry spell affecting several areas of the country, senatorial aspirant and former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go stressed the need to expand the government’s support for the country’s agriculture sector. According to a recent advisory of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) at least 10 provinces—six in […]

Tags agriculture sector, Bong Go, farmers, fisher folk, government support, Malasakit Centers, SAP, Tienda Malasakit