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The Department of Agriculture (DA) briefed the House Committee on Agriculture and Food chaired by Quezon Representative Wilfrido Mark Enverga regarding the high prices of rice and chicken eggs in the local markets. According to Enverga, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez called for the briefing so that the House may be apprised on the measures that the […]
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a measure that will amend the current laws by expanding the scope of legal aid extended to overseas Filipinos and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).A total of 246 lawmakers voted to approve House Bill (HB) 9035, a measure expanding the use of the Legal Assistance Fund […]
Reappointed Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa will face the screening panel of the bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) for the second time on December 5, CA Assistant Minority Leader and Surigao del Sur Representative Johnny Pimentel announced. Pimentel said the CA’s committee on health has scheduled Herbosa’s new confirmation hearing on the same morning that the commission’s committee […]
The House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs chaired by KABAYAN Party-list Representative Ron Salo approved with amendments the unnumbered substitute bill institutionalizing mechanisms for the protection and welfare of minor children and families left behind by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The bill seeks to address the unique challenges faced by OFW families in the Philippines, […]
The national government has already paid out an aggregate of P1.2 billion in cash gifts to Filipinos who have reached the age of 100 years, Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo, a member of the House committee on appropriations, said. “A total of 12,186 Filipinos have already received their P100,000 cash award each since the passage […]
The bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) is all set to conduct its confirmation hearing on businessman Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.’s ad interim appointment as agriculture secretary. The CA’s committee on agriculture chaired by Bataan Representative Albert Garcia has scheduled Tiu Laurel’s confirmation hearing on Dec. 5, according to CA Assistant Minority Leader and Surigao del Sur […]
The 23-member minority bloc in the House of Representatives has lauded the decision of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to renew the payout of cash aid to 761,140 “reassessed” households under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), including their withheld subsidies from January to September. “We are grateful to DSWD Secretary Rex […]
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has submitted to the bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA), for confirmation, the ad interim appointment of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., CA Assistant Minority Leader and Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel said. “Secretary (Tiu) Laurel and Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa are on top of the new batch of 57 […]
The House of Representatives approved the bill seeking to establish a new Eastern Samar State University (ESSU) campus in the Municipality of Balangiga. Under House Bill No. 9302, the ESSU will soon have its seventh campus in the Municipality of Balangiga. “We, in Congress, are absolutely determined to further improve public access to free higher […]
The Offices of Speaker Martin Romualdez and Tingog Partylist have swiftly facilitated the release of P20 million in assistance while 5,000 food packs are now being prepared as initial help in two congressional districts affected by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit Southern Mindanao recently. In line with the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to […]