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House Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), under its new leadership, to overhaul its ₱250.8-billion flood control plan for 2026, saying billions of pesos have been poured into projects that fail to protect the provinces most vulnerable to flooding. During the House committee on appropriations hearing, Libanan […]
House Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan and Eastern Samar Representative Christopher Sheen Gonzales have forged a partnership with the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila’s School of Health Sciences to build a sustainable, community-rooted health workforce for Homonhon Island, Eastern Samar. Under the initiative, UP Manila, led by Chancellor Dr. Michael Tee, will open a special […]
House Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan called for increased government support for Filipino rice farmers in the 2026 national budget, following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s decision to temporarily suspend rice imports. “The decision to halt rice importation is a welcome and timely relief for our local rice farmers, who are currently struggling with falling palay (unmilled […]
House of Representatives Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan has urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to order the creation of an independent fact-finding commission to investigate the extrajudicial killings associated with the previous administration’s controversial war on drugs. “We urge the President to form a panel – similar to the Agrava Fact-Finding Board – that will probe […]
“An act of grace that will help heal the nation.” This was how House of Representatives Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan called President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s plan to grant amnesty to individuals who may have committed violations of existing laws in pursuit of their political beliefs. “Forgiveness is necessary in conflict resolution. We are in full […]
House Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan is batting for a new retroactive retirement plan for the country’s foreign service officers, in a bid to upgrade their pensions when they reach old age or suffer some other disability. As proposed by Libanan in House Bill No. 4077, a Foreign Service Retirement Program would be launched under the […]