“Paspasan pa ang pagdaragdag ng benepisyo!” This was the statement of AGRI Party-list Representative and Senatorial aspirant Manoy Wilbert Lee as he reiterated his call to further increase benefits provided by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in response to the projected 18.3% increase in health care costs in the Philippines this year. In the […]
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Manoy Wilbert “Wise” Lee questioned the removal of government subsidy for the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in the 2025 General Appropriations Bill recently approved by the Bicameral Conference Committee. According to Lee, the decision will worsen the burden of direct contributors and affect the beneficiaries of the subsidy such as indigents, senior citizens, unemployed […]
“Ibigay ang dapat ibigay sa ating health workers!” This was the sentiment of Manoy Wilbert “Wise” Lee as he called on the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Department of Health (DOH) to expedite the release of long-delayed Performance-Based Bonuses (PBB) for government health workers, and stressed their vital role as frontliners during […]
Manoy Wilbert “Wise” Lee called on the Department of Health (DOH) and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to pay for the unpaid bills of indigent and financially incapacitated patients in private and public hospitals which often result in delayed treatment and denial of care. In filing House Resolution No. 2104, Lee stressed the importance of […]
Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee stressed that the government should provide alternative sources of income for approximately 19,000 fisherfolk who are potentially affected by the oil spill from the sunken MT Terranova. In his House Resolution No. 1825, Lee seeks to assess the impact to the environment and livelihood of fisherfolk and residents of the […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Wednesday said that optimizing the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) by increasing its budget and upgrading its research and innovation, will help revive the dairy industry post-El Niño. This, after the National Dairy Authority (NDA) sought P2.5 billion budget to support the procurement of at least 5,000 imported cattle […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee urged the Congress leadership to tackle soon proposals to create a Department of Water Resources Management, as he said the “disorganized and unwieldy framework governing the country’s water resources is untenable amid increasing food insecurity.” Lee is the author of House Bill No. 2880, which is among a number of […]
A party-list lawmaker is calling for the urgent creation of a national task force to monitor the status and combat monkeypox to proactively prevent community transmission and infection. In filing House Resolution No. 134 on Aug. 1, AGRI Rep. Wilbert Lee said a national task force, composed of relevant government agencies in partnership with the […]