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The series of security attacks on government websites has prompted Makati City 2nd District Representative Luis Campos Jr. to press for up to P3 billion in additional funding to build up the capabilities of the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC). “We must bolster the CICC with all the necessary cutting-edge technologies to swiftly produce actionable […]
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is set to receive P2.8 billion in fresh funding for the upgrading of its aviation infrastructure, including P1.2 billion for the procurement of a new Communications, Navigation and Surveillance-Air Traffic Management (CNS-ATM) System, Makati City Representative Luis Campos Jr. said. The initial P1.2 billion for the acquisition of a new […]
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s plan to collect, impound and recycle rainwater in Metro Manila for agricultural irrigation use in surrounding provinces has drawn the support of a senior member of Congress. “We are all for it. Assuming the government can establish new large stormwater reservoirs for farm irrigation, then all of Angat Dam’s water reserve […]
Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr. has filed a bill seeking to increase to P3,000 the annual World Teachers’ Day Incentive Benefit (WTDIB) payable to every public school teacher employed by the Department of Education. Under House Bill No. 7840 filed by Campos, the WTDIB would be bumped up from P1,000 to P3,000. Campos invoked […]
Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr. has challenged GCash and other Philippine-based mobile money operators to go global and help drive down high remittance charges that have been a burden to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). “We want GCash and other mobile money technology players to forcefully compete with banks in the remittance market to put […]
Makati City Representative Luis Campos Jr. is batting for the passage of new legislation that would criminalize the detention of dead bodies by morgues and funeral parlors on grounds of nonpayment of mortuary services. As proposed by Campos in House Bill No. 1292, any employee or officer of a morgue or funeral home who withholds […]
Makati City Representative Luis Campos Jr. warned condominium and subdivision developers against forming exclusive deals with a sole internet service provider (ISP), saying they risk getting slapped with administrative fines of up to P100 million. “The law is very clear. These exclusionary arrangements with an in-house ISP are prohibited. They are unlawful barriers to the […]
The country’s over 900,000 public school teachers are expected to receive their P1,000 World Teachers’ Day Incentive Benefit (WTDIB) without any delay, Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr. said on Tuesday. “The amount of P910 million meant to pay for the WTDIB of public school teachers is itemized and fully funded in this year’s General […]
Makati City Representative Luis Campos Jr. is asking the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to consider deferring the implementation of a new automated teller machine (ATM) charging model that will cause user fees to spike up to 63 percent starting April. Campos, a member of the House committee on banks and financial intermediaries said it […]
A bill seeking to double the maximum insurance protection of the country’s 63 million bank depositors has been filed at the House of Representatives. Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr. filed House Bill 5812, which proposes to increase the maximum deposit insurance coverage (MDIC) from P500,000 to P1 million per depositor per bank. “We have […]