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AGRI PARTY-LIST URGES SENATE TO PASS EXPANDED INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR FARMERS, FISHERFOLK

Two months into the rainy season and with Congress resuming session next week, a party-list representing the agriculture sector urged the Senate to pass its counterpart bill expanding insurance coverage for farmers and fisherfolk––a measure that if passed will benefit 5.5 million small-hold farms and 1.7 million fishermen who are most vulnerable to the effects […]

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INCREASE REGISTERED IP VOTERS – PANGANIBAN

With voter registration for the May 2019 national and local elections resuming last Monday, July 2, a party-list solon representing indigenous peoples urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to step up its efforts to ensure that more IP members are registered. “There are only an estimated 100,000 registered IP voters nationwide.” “I hope that the […]