President Rodrigo Duterte distributed an initial P160 million worth of agriculture, fishery and livelihood assistance to farmers, fishers and other ruralfolk affected by the eruption of the Taal Volcano in simple ceremonies recently held at the Batangas City Sports Complex, which now serves as an evacuation center. The President was joined by Senator Bong Go, […]
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Filipino homegrown church Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) recently held another well-attended Kabayan Ko, Kapatid Ko aid and assistance event, this time at the Cebu Coliseum in the Queen City of the South last January 12, 2020. The Kabayan Ko, Kapatid Ko program is a key initiative of INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, […]
Senator Imee Marcos has assured rice farmers of P6.9 billion in additional aid by December, in the form of palay purchases or cash, using undisbursed funds from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Marcos allayed fears that a memorandum of agreement among the DSWD, Department of Agriculture and National Food Authority to purchase […]
“Gusto kong mag-iwan ng ngiti sa oras ng kanilang pagdadalamhati.” This was Senator Bong Go’s statement when he rushed to Quiricada St., in Sta. Cruz, Manila right after his visit in Laguna to distribute assistance to 264 families who were affected by a fire that struck the area. The October 22 Laguna fire on October […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) and 2019 senatorial candidate Bong Go sent his sympathies to the families of victims of the 6.1 magnitude quake that recently struck Luzon. “Nakalungkot po ang mga nangyayaring mga ganitong trahedya. Ako po ay nakikidalamhati sa mga naapektuhan ng lindol lalong-lalo na po sa namatayan at nasugatan,” Go […]
The chair of the House of Representatives’ agriculture committee and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban has urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) and other concerned agencies to activate the exemptions provided by law so farmers and fisherfolk affected by El Niño could receive aid. The DA said estimated crop damage due to El Niño has […]