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LA UNION DECLARED AS PH TOURIST DESTINATION – HOUSE

The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading and transmitted to the Senate for concurrence House Bill 6683, which declares the province of La Union a tourist destination and “Surfing Capital of the North.” Rep. Vini Nola Ortega (Party-list, ABONO), the bill’s principal author, said the proposal aims not only to showcase the […]

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EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR RURAL POOR COMING SOON – HOUSE

The House committee on appropriations approved a substitute bill proposing a “Rural Employment Assistance Program Act” after amending the funding provision of the measure. The appropriations provision contained in Section 7 of the unnumbered bill provides: “The Secretary of Social Welfare and Development shall include in the DSWD’s programs the implementation of the Act, the […]

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CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL CONFERRED ON FILIPINO WORLD WAR II VETERANS – HOUSE

The House of Representatives adopted House Resolution 1411, expressing its appreciation, on behalf of the Filipino veterans of World War II, to the United States Congress for the enactment into law of the measures authorizing the conferment of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II collectively in recognition of their […]