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FUNDS FOR P1K MONTHLY STIPEND OF SENIORS URGED

Camarines Sur Rep. and National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte is hoping the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) can ferret out  enough funds in the national budget  to be able to carry out fully  this year a 2022 amendatory law doubling to P1,000 the monthly social pension of   the country’s estimated  4 million-plus indigent senior citizens. “In […]

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KEEP CHARTER CHANGE MEETING PUBLIC, URGES SOLON

Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has suggested to Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri to go ahead on this week’s planned formal meeting of Sen. Robinhood Padilla, chairman of the Senate committee on constitutional amendments and revision of codes,  with House proponents of Charter change via a constitutional convention (Con-Con), adding that such a meeting should […]

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VILLAFUERTE LAUDS CAMARINES SUR HOUSING PROJECT

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. broke ground on a trailblazing, high-rise mass housing project with 10,000 units combined in Camarines Sur that is the first such joint venture that the Administration has undertaken in partnership with a provincial local government unit (LGU), under its ambitious Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program, according to Camarines Sur […]

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VILLAFUERTE PUSHES FOR WPS JOINT MARITIME PATROLS

With the continued presence of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has maintained that the government must not just keep on filing diplomatic protests against Beijing—it should take more appropriate action to check China’s nonstop intrusions by accelerating talks on joint maritime patrols in the disputed territory with […]

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ENSURE SAFETY OF ACTORS, FILM CREW — VILLAFUERTE

Camarines Sur Rep. and National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte has expressed the hope that the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) would be able to put up this year a tripartite council meant to guarantee all workers in the film and TV-radio entertainment industries a safe environment in their workplace, including commensurate compensation […]

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PH URGED: USE OTHER COUNTRIES’ BEST PRACTICES

Camarines Sur representative and National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte has suggested that our diplomats work doggedly not only on attending to the concerns of our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) but also on  checking into the most suitable and effective professional and commercial practices in their host countries that can be adapted to the Philippine […]

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HOUSE PANEL OK OF CHA-CHA VIA CON-CON WELCOMED

Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte welcomed this week’s approval at the committee level by the House of Representatives of the fresh initiative to hold an election for delegates to a proposed Constitutional Convention (Con-Con) to amend the 1987 Charter, as he appealed to President Marcos to reconsider his position on constitutional reform in order to […]

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PAY HIKE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS PUSHED

With the lingering elevated inflation seen as a major threat to the global economy this 2023, four legislators led by National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte have proposed the congressional approval of twin measures bumping up the salaries and making permanent the allowance for teaching supplies of about 800,000 public school teachers in basic […]

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DICT URGED ANEW TO STOP ILLEGAL ONLINE GAMING

Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is hopeful of a no-nonsense government drive against illegal online gaming this 2023, following the assurance last month by Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy that his office would shut down—in tandem with gaming regulators and law enforcers—illicit gambling websites, and then throw the books […]

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GIVE MAHARLIKA FUND A CHANCE — VILLAFUERTE

Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has said the broad popular support for President Marcos’ pet initiative Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) should convince its critics to give this House-approved  investment vehicle a chance to prove its worth as soon as the Senate passes its own version after the 19th Congress reopens this January following its month-long yearend […]