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If we want to keep rice prices low and make Christmas merry for the country’s 100 million-plus population, the National Food Authority (NFA) must continue to step up its rice procurement efforts to ensure there is a ready supply of cheap rice during the holiday season. These were the sentiments of House Appropriations Chair Rep. […]
With Metro Manila accounting for close to 40 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) while having 12 percent of the Philippine population, it is time for the country to consider a “different approach” to ensure that the 88 percent of Filipinos living outside the National Capital Region (NCR) could also reap the benefits […]
Senator Sonny Angara is backing moves that would give more power and funds to local government units (LGUs), whether under a federal form of government being pushed by President Rodrigo Duterte or through changes to the 27-year-old Local Government Code (LGC). Speaking before local officials of Siquijor province, Angara said that as chairman of the […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to prioritize the repair of schools damaged by Typhoon “Ompong” (international name: Mangkhut) and maximize the utilization of its Basic Education Facilities Fund (BEFF) for the repair and rehabilitation of school buildings. Gatchalian issued the call after the DepEd revealed that some 7,007 schools in […]
As the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee continues its probe into the P4.3 billion worth of shabu which were smuggled inside two magnetic lifters at the Manila International Container Port and the close to P9 billion worth of shabu also smuggled inside four similar magnetic lifters which were found in GMA, Cavite, Senator Dick Gordon called […]
Senator Joel Villanueva Chair of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resources Development said the passage of TRABAHO bill (Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-quality Opportunities) should be delayed if it would only cause worker layoffs as admitted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). During the Senate deliberation on the […]
Senate Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship Committee Chairperson Koko Pimentel III on Thursday urged the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to expedite the issuance of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the ease of doing business (EODB) law so that the country could immediately benefit from the provisions of the law that seeks to […]
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Thursday assured the public that the latest steps taken by the government would allow the country to weather the problems caused by inflation, after the latest Pulse Asia Survey revealed that more than six in 10 Filipinos considered rising prices one of the top three […]
With the modus operandi further unraveled during the resumption of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s probe into the alleged P8.7 billion road right-of-way (RROW) “scam” in General Santos City, Senator Dick Gordon said recent disclosures merely fortified suspicions that the Land Registration Authority (LRA) may have abetted the syndicates in defrauding the government of billions […]
Senator Joel Villanueva, chairperson of the Senate committee on labor, employment, and human resources development, welcomed the Senate approval on second reading of Senate Bill No. 1629 or the “First-time Jobseekers Assistance Act” which exempts fresh graduates and out-of-school youth from paying government fees and charges on documents needed for their job application. “We thank […]