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With soil degradation in the country now pegged at 38 percent, Senator Cynthia Villar warned that further soil destruction would adversely affect food production and food supply. Due to this, Villar, chair of the senate agriculture and food committee, underscored the need to entice farmers on the use of organic fertilizers. “The use of chemical […]
The House Committee on Tourism approved three Ecotourism bills sponsored by Rep. Lord Allan Velasco. The three House Bills numbered 7022, 7023 and 7024 aims to conserve and develop the Municipality of Sta. Cruz, Torrijos White Beach and Luzon Datum into Ecotourism areas. “Ecotourism projects,” Velasco said, “are meant to create attractive tourist destinations without […]
Senator Dick Gordon said Senate Bill 1753 under Committee Report No. 300 will give people a lifeline that they can hold on to in their posterity or when life becomes over-burdened. In his sponsorship speech, Gordon explained the bill aims to rationalize and expand the powers of the Social Security Commission (SSC) to ensure the […]
Senator Joel Villanueva welcomed the ratification of the reconciled version of the bill strengthening compliance with occupational safety and health standards (OSHS) that seeks to amend the 41-year old Labor Code of the Philippines which, at present, does not declare unlawful violations of OSHS. “We are certain that our fellow senators who have long supported […]
Senator Bam Aquino has submitted a measure seeking to provide monetary compensation to Marawi City residents who lost their homes and other private properties to the infamous siege that happened a year ago and lasted for five months. In his Senate Bill No. 1816, Aquino said the monetary compensation will provide Marawi residents with means […]
“Finally, more than two decades after it was first proposed, the Philippines will have its very own national ID system.” This is according to Laguna 3rd District Rep. Sol Aragones, Chairperson of the House Committee on Population and Family Relations and principal sponsor of the Philippine Identification System Act at the House of Representatives, after […]
Senator Grace Poe said the passage of six bills seeking to convert extension offices of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) into regular district offices will improve services at licensing and renewal centers in various towns for the benefit of the public. Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on public services and sponsor of the measures, […]
To spur the growth of the country’s agriculture, Senator Cynthia Villar said that as a legislator, she has a “conscious effort” to ensure her proposed bills in the Senate have a provision or component to support training, education, mechanization, research and development of this sector. Villar said one of these bills include the enactment into […]
Now free of his responsibilities as Senate President, PDP Laban President Senator Koko Pimentel III is committed to persuading the public to support President Rodrigo Duterte’s efforts to amend the Constitution and adopt federalism as the country’s form of government. This in light of what the senator from Mindanao said is “a clear lack of […]
The Senate approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to reform the country’s 20-year-old legal framework and approach towards the prevention and control of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the country. Senate Bill No. 1390 was authored and sponsored by Senator Risa Hontiveros and Senator Joseph Victor […]