Tag: Senate Bill 1233

DUTERTE TO SIGN RE-FILED COCO LEVY BILL – VILLAR

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date October 1, 2019
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Senator Cynthia Villar is confident that President Rodrigo Duterte will sign the re-filed Senate Bill 1233, or the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Act, and Senate Bill 1976, or the Strengthened Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA). Duterte vetoed the bill in February for lack of “safeguards” to prevent coco levy funds from being used unlawfully. In […]

Tags coco levy bill, Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Act, Senate Bill 1233, Senate Bill 1976, Senator Cynthia Villar, SONA, Strengthened Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)

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REFILE BILL ALLOWING FARMERS TO BENEFIT FROM COCO LEVY FUND – VILLAR

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date February 21, 2019
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If re-elected, Senator Cynthia Villar has vowed to prioritize the enactment of a law that will finally allow 3.5 million coconut farmers and their beneficiaries to directly benefit from the P100 billion coconut levy fund. In a recent visit to Laguna, a coconut-producing province, Villar said she was saddened that President Rodrigo Duterte had vetoed […]

Tags coco levy fund, Coconut farmers, Congress, midterm elections, Senate Bill 1233, Senator Villar