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“Kung kaya nang taasan ang cash grant, huwag na nating patagalin pa.” This is what AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged his colleagues in the House of Representatives, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the lead agency of the National Advisory Council (NAC), amid […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Tuesday hailed the passage of a measure to revive the country’s salt industry, one that is expected to provide more jobs in rural areas and increase local production to end the country’s dependence on salt importation. Lee, one of the principal authors of House Bill No. 8278 or […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has proposed that the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and all airports in the country establish direct connections to power plants to reduce power costs instead of relying on the service of a utility provider. At a hearing of the House Committee on Transportation’s ongoing inquiry into the power […]
As the country commemorates Labor Day, AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged the national government to “continue investing heavily” in agriculture to help farmers. “Maraming kailangang gawin upang maayos ang agrikultura. But all these measures point to one thing—that the government needs to continue investing heavily to make the sector vibrant.” According to the […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has filed a measure which seeks to extend the estate tax amnesty period to two years. Under House Bill No. 7842, Lee aims to provide taxpayers enough period to settle their tax dues as the amnesty period is about to lapse on June 14, 2023, under Republic Act No. […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Wednesday lauded President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s order to postpone fare increases for LRT-1 and LRT-2 pending a thorough study. “Nagpapasalamat po tayo kay President Marcos for his wisdom in deferring the implementation of fare increases sa LRT-1 at LRT-2 hanggang wala pang masusing pag-aaral sa magiging epekto nito,” […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged the government to prioritize the vaccination of local hogs against the African swine fever (ASF), which continues to decimate the local supply since its resurgence in 2018. “Nananawagan tayo para sa ating hog raisers. Ngayong inaasahan nating magiging available na ang bakuna kontra-ASF, sana ay umaksyon agad ang […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee believes that the Insurance Commission’s (IC) move to increase the minimum catastrophe insurance rates is an anti-competitive policy that will just incentivize cartels while passing on additional burdens to consumers as it will result in soaring prices of basic commodities. The lawmaker from Sorsogon stated this during the Feb. […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged the Insurance Commission (IC) to scrap the implementation of its IC Circular Letter No. 2022-34 which seeks to increase the minimum catastrophe (earthquake, typhoon and flood) insurance premium rates, especially because the country’s inflation hit a 14-year high of 8.7% this January. The hike was supposed to be […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee pushed for the passage of a measure strengthening the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Law to provide more sustainable intervention to fight poverty. Lee, the principal author of the “Expanded Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Act,” said during the hearing of the House Committee on Poverty Alleviation last Feb. 7, […]