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With reports of rice prices surging in Zamboanga and threats of similar developments elsewhere, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to work with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to improve the coverage of the National Irrigation System (NIS) and ensure “rice security” in the country. “In […]
House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles urged the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to intensify their anti-profiteering operations after skyrocketing rice prices in Zamboanga City forced the city council to pass a resolution urging the local government to place the city under a state of calamity. Nograles, who had earlier called […]
House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Davao City Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles is urging the National Food Authority (NFA) to look into what he describes as a possible price manipulation by rice traders in Mindanao as he called the agency’s attention to reports of abnormally high rice prices in Zamboanga City, where the prices of the […]
With congressional hearings in the House of Representatives on the controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia wrapped up, Appropriations Committee Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles warned against complacency as he reiterated his call for the Senate to approve the proposed P1.161 billion supplemental budget for almost a million victims of the Dengvaxia vaccine. “The congressional hearings […]
With budget deliberations in the House of Representatives (HOR) on hold because of clashing views on the cash-based budgeting system being pushed by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), electric cooperative groups on Thursday called on legislators to close ranks behind House Appropriations Committee Chair Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles. According to the electric cooperative […]
Despite pronouncements by government economic managers that they would continue to push for the adoption of cash-based budgeting, House Appropriations Chair Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Wednesday remained hopeful that a “win-win” outcome was still possible in the ongoing impasse over the 2019 budget. In an interview on ANC’s Headstart, the legislator from Davao reiterated […]
House Appropriations Chairman and Davao City Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles appealed to the Senate to expedite approval of a P1.161 billion supplemental budget for Dengvaxia victims, after the House of Representatives had approved the measure before Congress adjourned last June. “Ang panawagan ko lang po, before mag-recess ang Congress sa Thursday sana naman po […]
Quezon City Rep. Winnie Castelo wants answers from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) as to why Metro Manila was left flooded last Saturday and Sunday by the monsoon rains. Castelo, Chairman of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development said Metro Manila and its suburbs […]
House Appropriations Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Sunday assured the public that the per agency budget deliberations in the House of Representatives would resume after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) address the concerns of congressmen regarding the “extremely restrictive” cash-based P3.757 trillion national budget […]
House Appropriations Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles believes the tourism industry can help put more money into the pockets of his fellow “probinsyanos,” and he is hopeful that the Department of Tourism (DOT) can maximize its P3 billion budget to make it happen. The DOT defended its budget at the House of Representatives on […]