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The House committee on appropriations approved a substitute bill proposing a “Rural Employment Assistance Program Act” after amending the funding provision of the measure. The appropriations provision contained in Section 7 of the unnumbered bill provides: “The Secretary of Social Welfare and Development shall include in the DSWD’s programs the implementation of the Act, the […]

The House committee on basic education chaired by Rep. Ramon Durano IV (5th District, Cebu) approved a bill that will boost accessibility to education of underserved sectors of the country such as the out-of-school youth and persons with disabilities (PWDs). The unnumbered substitute bill consolidates House Bill 2733 filed by by Rep. Aurelio Gonzales (3rd […]