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Senator Loren Legarda urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to ensure that communities and informal settler families (ISF) who are affected by the agency’s construction projects are provided by the government with the appropriate needs and services in resettlement sites. Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, made the statement […]
The House special committee on food security chaired by Rep. Leo Rafael Cueva (2nd District, Negros Occidental) approved a substitute bill seeking to promote integrated urban agricultural development in all metropolitan areas nationwide to address food security concerns. The unnumbered bill titled “Integrated Urban Agriculture Act” substituted House Bills 2818, 4337, 4354 and 4422 […]
The IT-Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) said IT-BPM investment pledges in the country are now showing “signs of recovery”, thanks to the Senate version of the first tax reform package which retained the current incentives of the industry. “The Senate did not touch the industry’s tax incentives to enable the country to […]
The bicameral conference committee on the bill providing free irrigation services to small farmers has reconciled the disagreeing provisions of the versions of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food and head of the Senate panel, said the bicameral conference committee on […]
The House committee on overseas workers affairs chaired by Rep. Jesulito Manalo (Party-list, ANGKLA) has approved House Bill 6138 seeking to grant travel tax exemption to dependents of married or solo parent overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The bill seeks to amend Sections 3 and 35 of the Republic Act (RA) No. 8042, otherwise known […]
Unless its ill-equipped and undermanned Internal Affairs Service (IAS) is modernized, the Philippine National Police’s efforts to rid their ranks of scalawags – which is said to make up two percent of the 180,000-man force – will not succeed, Senator Grace Poe said. Poe, who has publicly declared her full support to the institutional […]
Senator Loren Legarda stressed the importance of protecting the country’s coastal resources and having a comprehensive water resource management program. Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committees on Finance and Climate Change, made the statement during the plenary debates on the proposed 2018 budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). In response […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is calling on executive officials to address ambiguities surrounding the utilization of the P198 billion Malampaya Fund to ensure that the remaining funds will be spent in a transparent manner in accordance with the law. Under Presidential Decree 910, royalties from the Malampaya natural gas facility are to be used exclusively […]
Senator Grace Poe batted for the inclusion of an “anti-passport price increase” provision in the 2018 budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in order to freeze the fee for the travel document even if its validity will be extended to 10 years pursuant to a new law. “We can add one line […]
Senator Joel Villanueva lauded the latest achievement of the Philippines by being the first country to meet all the requirements of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The EITI is an internationally recognized framework and practice that monitors revenue and public benefit from mining and other extractive resources. According to the ‘Validation’ report which […]