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Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food chairperson Senator Cynthia Villar said a bountiful harvest of agricultural products will mean lesser need to import them. “Since they are locally available,” Villar noted, “we can provide a ready market for our farmers.” In her speech during the Opening of the Philippine Food and Beverage Expo 2024, the […]
To guarantee that plant-based foods are safe for human consumption, a modern Mobile Plant Food Safety Laboratory was launched by the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI). Senator Cynthia Villar and BPI Director Gerald Glenn Panganiban led the inauguration of the first roving laboratory for food testing of plant- based food produce recently at the BPI […]
Road courtesy, discipline and education for motorists and drivers, along with clarity on enforcement of traffic laws, are among the keys to solving the scourge of traffic in Metro Manila and other urbanized areas in the country, Senator Robin Padilla said. Padilla, who is heartened that the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is working […]
Senator Robin Padilla is seeking to hold Senate hearings to review and improve the government’s information drive on its preparations and responses to the crisis caused by El Niño. Padilla filed Senate Resolution 987, directing the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media – which he chairs – to conduct the inquiry in aid […]
Senator Raffy Tulfo questioned the ability of Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga to lead the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). In filing Senate Resolution (SR) No. 985, Tulfo cited the Philippine Star article written by Jarius Bondoc alleging the Secretary’s conflict of interest involving her family’s ownership of about 40,000 hectares of land […]
Senator Risa Hontiveros reiterated the urgent need to pass a bill she filed back in 2022 that seeks to increase the punishment for hospital detention in light of complaints from family members of deceased patients who were allegedly barred from leaving a Valenzuela City hospital due to their inability to immediately settle their medical expenses. […]
After the Philippines was included among areas that could feel the effects of a powerful quake in Taiwan, Senator Robin Padilla reiterated the need to prepare citizens to respond to calamities by undergoing military training. Speaking at the start of the Basic Citizen Military Course at the Senate, Padilla stressed that basic military training for […]
Senators Bong Go, Francis Tolentino, and Ronald dela Rosa jointly authored and filed Senate Resolution No. 981 directing the Senate Committee on Energy to launch an inquiry in aid of legislation to look into the persistent electricity supply problems in the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS). The investigation aims to assess the capability of […]
To help eradicate rabies in a community, Senator Cynthia Villar has embarked on “Libreng Kapon at Ligate” project for dogs and cats in the cities of Las Piñas and Bacoor. During the 4th leg of this project, Villar reiterated that rabies is endemic in the Philippines. The veteran legislator noted that more than 300 died […]
Senate President Migz Zubiri appealed to fellow members of the International Parliamentarian Union (IPU) to be “facilitators of peace” amidst all wars and conflict happening in different parts of the world, even in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). In his speech at the IPU General Debate in Geneva, Switzerland last, Zubiri rallied the IPU to […]