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The Philippines is on track to lead its Southeast Asian neighbors in economic growth and jobs creation in the months ahead, but severe El Niño weather conditions could pose a significant risk, House of Representatives Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Representative Nonoy Libanan said. “Government should spare no effort in mitigating El Niño’s adverse impact […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez assured cancer patients, their families, and cancer specialists that the House will find ways to fund projects meant to alleviate their plight and improve the delivery of healthcare and allied services.Romualdez made the commitment as he led a contingent of the House of Representatives in a town hall meeting dubbed “Congress at […]
House Speaker Martin Romualdez welcomed the signing of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Act, saying the MIF is intended to be an additional vehicle for financing big-ticket infrastructure projects without incurring more foreign debt or having to impose new taxes on our citizens.Romualdez, one of the principal authors of the House version of the MIF, […]
BHW Party-list Representative Angelica Natasha Co, Vice-Chair of the Appropriations and Health Committees, emphasized the need for enhanced defenses against African swine fever (ASF), foot and mouth disease (FMD), and bird flu. Co proposed measures to support livestock raisers, particularly backyard animal raisers, in protecting their animals from these diseases. The legislator’s statement comes after […]
A total of 2,470,798 foreign travelers visited the Philippines in the first six months of 2023, Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo, vice chairperson of the House committee on tourism, said. “The number of foreign tourists that arrived in the Philippines between January to June 2023 already exceeded the 2,025,413 that entered the country in the […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s visit to Manila will surely give a boost to the Philippines’ tourism sector, Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo, vice chairperson of the House committee on tourism, said. “South Korea has been the Philippines’ No. 1 supplier of foreign visitors for years, and we are counting on Mr. Yoon’s visit […]
Hundreds of thousands of farmers will now have extra resources to spend on food, education, shelter, wellness and other family expenses that they would otherwise forego as Republic Act (RA) No. 11953, or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act, gave them a clean slate by condoning their P57.56 billion debt.Speaker Martin Romualdez said over 600,000 agrarian […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez said the House of Representatives will fast-track the passage of one of the key priority measures of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. meant to tighten the noose against smugglers of onion and other agricultural products.“As soon as the start of the 2nd Regular Session of the 19th Congress, we will immediately buckle down […]
The bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) has received the appointment papers of 25 newly promoted senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). “The CA received their appointment papers from Malacañang on June 27,” Surigao del Sur Representative Johnny Pimentel, CA assistant minority leader, said. “The batch is composed of a major general […]
“While our Civil Partnership bill is still pending in Congress, other LGUs can now emulate the good example of Quezon City, where the Right-to-Care Card (RTC) and Special Power of Attorney (SPA) on medical decisions address one of the important provisions of House Bill 1015. Such can be realized through local ordinances and local budgets,” House […]