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Senator Francis Pangilinan is urging the Senate to start deliberations on proposals seeking to impose an excise tax on single-use plastic bags. Pangilinan made the call after the House of Representatives committee on ways and means approved House Bill 178 which seeks to impose a P20 excise tax per kilogram of single-use plastic bags. “Malacañang […]
The Commission on Appointments (CA) recently confirmed the ad interim appointment of William Dar as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA). President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Dar as DA chief in August after former Secretary Emmanuel Piñol was named chairman of the Mindanao Development Authority. Senators Cynthia Villar and Francis Pangilinan were among those who […]
Following reports that Filipino students are lagging in terms of reading comprehension, and in math and science, at least three senators have offered proposals to improve the learning and academic performance of young Filipinos. The Philippines scored the lowest in reading comprehension according to the results of the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) […]
As farmers bare the average selling palay prices to be in single digits, Senator Kiko Pangilinan welcomed Agriculture Secretary William Dar’s announcement that the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Sagip Saka Act of 2019 will be released. “We thank Secretary Dar for his decision to speed up the IRR for the Sagip Saka […]