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The endorsement by the House committee on human rights chaired by Rep. Cheryl Deloso-Montalla (2nd District, Zambales) of the bill providing for a framework on the right to adequate food followed the approval of its funding provision by the committee on appropriations chaired by Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles (1st District, Davao City). The bill […]
Senator Cynthia Villar vowed to look into the resurgence of the garlic cartel in the face of the rising cost of garlic in the local market. The chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food said the rising cost of garlic today is reminiscent of the 2014 scenario where the price of garlic […]
The House Special Committee on Food Security has opened discussions on two bills requiring restaurants to donate to charitable institutions their leftover food that are still fit for consumption. House Bill (HB) 4675 or the proposed “Mandatory Food Surplus Donation Act of 2016” authored by Reps. John Marvin “Yul Servo” Nieto (3rd District, Manila) […]
Senator Cynthia Villar moved for the passage of 14 bills seeking the creation of multi-species marine hatcheries in the provinces. Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, said these measures will contribute to the growth and development of the fisheries sector and allied industries in the respective cities and municipalities. “As you […]
Senator Richard Gordon pressed the need to strengthen the country’s military capability to more effectively address the decades-long insurgency problem and terrorism, as well as defend the country from foreign threats. Gordon said the government must allocate the funding for the purchase of equipment, supplies and other logistical requirements to fortify the capability of […]
The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) has approved the application for registration of Oceans Ace Philippines Export Import Corporation for its Php18 million live eel farming facility project in Hindang, Leyte. Approved by BOI as an export producer of live eel under the Export Activities category of the current Investment Priorities Plan (IPP), the […]
A legislator representing the 14-million strong cooperative sector is leading the charge in efforts to convince Congress to retain the tax exemptions currently extended to the country’s close to 10,000 cooperatives. COOP-NATCCO Rep. Anthony Bravo said that while the coop sector supports the administration’s tax reform efforts, it opposes any move to repeal the […]
The anti-poverty strategy Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) may be discontinued should the next administration decides to scrap it, a move that would be detrimental to poverty-stricken Filipino families. This was warned by Senator Sonny Angara as he urged his colleagues to make the 4Ps program a law by enacting his proposed Senate Bill […]
A total of P8.9 billion is included in the government’s spending program this year to implement two anti-hunger initiatives aimed at establishing a free feeding program in all public schools and provide children full support beginning conception up to two years old, Senator Grace Poe said. The two initiatives have been Poe’s pet bills […]
The banana industry has been sagging for a time but it has grown to about a $1.5 billion dollar industry and employs about 500,000 people. While there has been some improvement based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) that shows that banana production has increased from 8.8 million metric tons in 2014 to […]