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With the recent ratification of the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee said that going after smugglers, hoarders, price manipulators and cartels would effectively bring down food prices which remains to be the main contributor to the overall inflation which rose to 4.4 percent in July. During his trip to Davao Region, […]
Senator Bong Go filed Senate Resolution No. 1100, congratulating gymnast Carlos Yulo for his outstanding performance in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Yulo’s historic achievements have firmly established him as a trailblazer in the world of sports. He not only became the first Filipino to clinch double gold medals at a single Olympics but also […]
Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee said he will push for a bigger budget for agriculture once deliberations begin for the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) at the House of Representatives. “Kahapon sa DBCC (Development Budget Coordination Committee) briefing, natalakay itong pagkaltas sa pondo ng agrikultura. Nakahanda po tayong amyendahan ang budget para dito para madagdagan […]
One does not need to be tall or a foreigner to bring honor to the Philippines, and this was proven by Carlos Yulo when he earned two gold medals for the Philippines in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Senator Robin Padilla stressed this as he said Yulo has given inspiration to Filipino youths – that they […]
Senator Nancy Binay hailed gymnast Carlos Yulo’s historic gold medal wins in the Paris 2024 Olympics. Yulo garnered a 15.000 score in the men’s floor exercise on August 3 to become the first Filipino gymnast to reach the podium and the country’s second Olympic gold medalist after weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won gold in the Tokyo […]
Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee has expressed elation over AGRI Party-list being the Top 6 in Tugon ng Masa survey, an independent and non-partisan poll conducted by OCTA Research from June 26 – July 1, 2024 with a sample size of 1,200 respondents. According to the survey, if May 2025 elections were held during the […]
Senate President Chiz Escudero lauded the United States for its groundbreaking decision to allocate an additional $500 million in foreign military financing to the Philippines, marking a historic step in strengthening the country’s defense capabilities. “This is indeed a first!” Escudero said about the substantial investment aimed at modernizing the Armed Forces of the Philippines […]
Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee stressed that the government should provide alternative sources of income for approximately 19,000 fisherfolk who are potentially affected by the oil spill from the sunken MT Terranova. In his House Resolution No. 1825, Lee seeks to assess the impact to the environment and livelihood of fisherfolk and residents of the […]
Senator Raffy Tulfo along with his fellow senators introduced a Senate resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to temporarily suspend the implementation of the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP), formerly known as the PUV Modernization Program. Those who authored Senate Resolution (SR) No. 1096 along with Tulfo include Senate President Chiz Escudero, Majority Leader […]
The Philippine government on Tuesday received the donations of the United Arab Emirates government for the victims of typhoon Carina. The turnover ceremony, which took place Tuesday night at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2, was witnessed by Special Envoy to the United Arab Emirates for Trade and Investments, Ma. Anna Kathryna Yu-Pimentel, Secretary […]