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HOUSE APPROVES BILL WAIVING FEES, CHARGES FOR JOB APPLICATIONS OF NEW GRADUATES – NOGRALES

Good news for new graduates seeking work. Government may soon waive fees and charges collected in connection with the issuance of documents required in the fresh graduates’ application for employment. The House of Representatives already approved on second reading House Bill 172 embodying the proposal to waive such fees and charges during the employment application […]

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EVEN WITH RICE TARRIFICATION, NFA SHALL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SAFE AND AFFORDABLE RICE – NOGRALES

Even with rice tarrification, the National Food Authority (NFA) will continue to provide the public, especially the poor, with affordable and safe rice, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles has assured. “The President will ensure that even with the tarrification of rice and liberalization of the industry, the NFA shall continue to provide the public, particularly the […]

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NEW DOUBTS, FEARS OVER ‘UNDERHANDED’ ENTRY OF PRIVATE GROUPS IN POWER SECTOR – ELECTRIC COOPS

Two of the biggest electric cooperative (EC) groups in the country expressed grave concerns over the “publicity-driven” attempts of a private for-profit entity wanting to enter the power sector to “paint itself as a savior of rural electrification,” in what they tagged as a “concerted drive to undermine grassroots people’s organizations deeply embedded in the […]

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NFA SHOULD BE PROACTIVE IN APPROACH TO COUNTRY’S RICE ISSUES – NOGRALES

House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Thursday welcomed the decision of the National Food Authority (NFA) Council’s decision to approve the importation of 132,000 MT of rice to stabilize rice prices, but lamented that action could have been taken sooner to prevent the rice prices from getting out of hand. “As the […]

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HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS PANEL ASSURES CONTINUED FUNDING FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION – NOGRALES

The House Committee on Appropriations has recognized the need for more funding to fully implement the government’s rural electrification program that has energized 12.447 million Filipino households across the country to date. This, after Davao City 1st District Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles, Committee on Appropriations chair noticed that the proposed budget for the Sitio […]

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MAXIMIZE FUNDS SO ‘PROBINSYANOS’ CAN BENEFIT FROM TOURISM – NOGRALES

House Appropriations Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles believes the tourism industry can help put more money into the pockets of his fellow “probinsyanos,” and he is hopeful that the Department of Tourism (DOT) can maximize its P3 billion budget to make it happen. The DOT defended its budget at the House of Representatives on […]

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EMPOWER ‘PROBINSYANOS’ – NOGRALES

House Appropriations Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Tuesday again asked why the budget of a critical government office had been slashed, as he quizzed Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi during the Department of Energy’s (DOE) budget deliberations regarding the budget of the National Electrification Administration (NEA), which was reduced from 1.8 billion pesos in […]

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ELECTRIC COOP LEADERS LAUD HOUSE FUNDING ASSURANCE FOR NEW POWER LAW

Leaders of the two most influential groups in the electric cooperative (EC) sector reiterated the “absolute need and indispensability” of assured government funding for the recently-signed law providing financial support for ECs in times of calamities and disasters. President Rodrigo Duterte signed last June 29 Republic Act 11039 which mandates the creation of an Electric […]

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INCREASE FUNDING FOR SOCIAL PENSION PROGRAM TO SERVE MORE SENIOR ‘PROBINSYANOS’ – NOGRALES

House Appropriations Committee Chair Davao Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles said his panel is committed to increase the funding for the Social Pension Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to expand the present coverage of the government’s pension system for indigent senior citizens so that “more of our lolos and lolas […]

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GUARANTEED FUNDING FOR UNDERNOURISHED ‘PROBINSYANO’ CHILDREN – NOGRALES

With sessions in Congress set to resume next week, House Appropriations Chair Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles said that ensuring funding for government programs that benefit the country’s “probinsyanos” would be his top priority when the House begins budget deliberations at month’s end. In a series of radio interviews, Nograles said that he would ensure […]