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Smuggled agricultural products may contain harmful chemicals that can endanger the health of Filipino consumers, Senator Kiko Pangilinan warned after he revealed that illegally imported products bypass safety checks and may be unfit for consumption. In a radio interview on DWIZ, Pangilinan said that agricultural smuggling harms not only the country’s agricultural sector and its […]
To see is to believe. This was the point made by Quezon City First District Rep. Juan Carlos “Arjo” Atayde when last week he personally inspected the sites of the seven flood control and drainage projects in his district that had been falsely labeled as “ghost projects,” and confirmed that these are real, verifiable, and […]
Speaker Bojie Dy III praised President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his compassion and decisive leadership through the signing of Executive Order (EO) Nos. 100 and 101, measures that set a floor price for palay while strengthening direct government support to farmers and fisherfolk. Dy said the twin directives prove that the President fully understands the […]
Negros Occidental Governor Bong Lacson welcomed all delegates and guests to the opening ceremony of the Visayas Leg of Handa Pilipinas sa Bagong Pilipinas: Innovations in Climate and Disaster Resilience National Exposition 2025. The event was hosted by the Department of Science and Technology headed by Secretary Renato Solidum. It was held at the SMX […]
Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development Chairman Erwin Tulfo has filed a bill seeking lifetime validity for Persons with Disability (PWD) identification cards. Under Tulfo’s Senate Bill No. 1405, which seeks to amend Republic Act No. 7277 or the “Magna Carta for Persons with Disability,” the issuance of PWD IDs will be […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan joined hands with Bureau of Customs (BOC) in declaring an all-out war against agricultural smuggling as they led the inspection of two 40-foot containers with smuggled agricultural products worth P12.96 million at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). “Ang mahalaga dito ay nagtutulungan ang ating Committee on Agriculture sa Senado at ang […]
Senator Chiz Escudero is challenging the chairpersons of the congressional committees tasked with handling the 2026 national spending package to show their commitment to instituting budget reforms by letting the local government units (LGUs) have a greater nod in the identification and implementation of infrastructure projects. With Congress still in the thick of going over […]
Local government units around the country will do their best to uphold their newly-assigned duty to construct classrooms to address shortage. This was what Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) president and Quirino Governor Dax Cua said after Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. ordered that funds be given directly to LGUs for classroom construction […]
Camarines Sur LRay Villafuerte is pushing a sweeping reform of a nearly two-decade-old priority program of the Department of Health (DOH) that received almost ₱30 billion this year for building or improving health facilities, but which has, at this point, left this Department stuck with 300 idle or non-operational health centers out of almost 900 built thus […]
Eastern Samar Lone District Representative Christopher Sheen Gonzales expressed confidence that the province’s economy will expand at a faster pace and generate more jobs once Congress enables the establishment of a new coconut oil processing plant and two modern fish ports equipped with cold storage facilities. “There’s no question that the proposed coconut oil refinery […]