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“An aging population needs a hospital for the aged.” This was stressed by Manila 6th District Representative Benny Abante Jr. following the pronouncements of the Commission on Population on Development (CPD) that the country will have an aging population by the year 2030. An aging population refers to the increase in the percentage of those […]
The controversy over the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED’s) discontinuance of the senior high school (SHS) program in state universities and colleges (SUCs) betrays the lack of a well-defined roadmap, House of Representatives Minority Leader and 4Ps party-list Representative Nonoy Libanan said. “It has become apparent that the CHED from the start never had a […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez directed the House Committee on Transportation to immediately look “into reports received by my office that corrupt practices may have tainted the conceptualization and planned implementation” of the government’s public utility vehicle (PUV) or jeepney modernization program.“The reports allege that existing transport officials are in cahoots with previous officials in negotiating for […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez facilitated the release of P630,000 worth of assistance package from him and the Marcos administration to the Filipino caregiver who was taken hostage and subsequently released by Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas.Jimmy Pacheco, 33 years old, was taken by Hamas in Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel during the group’s attack on […]
Borongan Airport in Eastern Samar will receive P200 million in capital outlay for the upgrade of its aviation infrastructure, House of Representatives Minority Leader and 4Ps party-list Representative Nonoy Libanan said. “The amount of P200 million has been earmarked in the 2024 General Appropriations Law to build up the infrastructure of Borongan Airport,” Libanan said. […]
In a bid to accelerate the development of protected bicycle lanes, Congress has raised to P1 billion the fresh funding for the Active Transport and Safe Pathways Program (ATSPP), Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo, vice chairperson of the House committee on Metro Manila development, said. “In the 2024 General Appropriations Law, we bumped up to […]
House of Representatives Minority Leader and 4Ps party-list Representative Nonoy Libanan wants the government to encourage a larger number of overseas Filipinos to spend their holidays in the Philippines, saying their spending here can boost up the country’s tourism revenues and jobs growth to a great extent. “We want the Tourism Promotions Board to draw […]
The ayuda in the form of new cash transfers and other subsidy programs in the 2024 national budget are expected to help vulnerable sectors cope with potential basic commodity price increases due to the harsh impact of the El Niño phenomenon on farm harvests, House of Representatives Minority Leader and 4Ps party-list Representative Nonoy Libanan […]
The House of Representatives will most likely continue funding the new P60-billion Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita (AKAP) program in 2025, Speaker Martin Romualdez said.AKAP is part of almost P500 billion social amelioration program or “ayuda” for at least 12 million poor and low-income families or an estimated 48 million Filipinos under the proposed P5.768-trillion […]
The author of the Quiapo Heritage Zone bill in the House of Representatives is hopeful the declaration of the Quiapo Church as a national shrine on January 29 will add impetus for Congress to move the bill forward. “The support of Senators Lapid and Legarda gives the Quiapo Heritage Zone bill a strong foothold in their chamber,” […]