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As the 18th Congress reopens this week, Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has called on senators to give urgent attention to three measures that will allow Filipinos best adapt to the “better normal” way of life in a world that is not likely to get rid anytime soon of the highly infectious, lethal coronavirus disease (COVID-19) […]
With the slew of complaints reaching Malacañang on alleged shenanigans committed by certain local government executives in the distribution of over P200 billion-worth of cash grants for coronavirus-hit poor families under President Duterte’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP), Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año should take immediate and forceful action against these abuses by suspending and prosecuting […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has assured the Palace and the public that the House leadership under Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano will fully support the convening of a special session by Congress to pass the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, in order to continue the giving of special powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to deal […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has proposed twin measures for the long-term benefit of the country’s 10 million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), quite a number of whom remain stranded in Metro Manila or in their host-countries because of the failure of the concerned agencies to repatriate them at once in the midst of the coronavirus-induced health […]
In support of grassroots sports development, President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure establishing a ‘premier training center” that will offer full or partial scholarships, with special emphasis on developing the athletic skills of young Filipinos in a bid to mold them into world-class athletes. Villafuerte said “the establishment of the National Academy of Sports […]
Nine House leaders led by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano have flagged four kinks in the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s implementation of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) that were believed responsible for the inordinate delay in the release of emergency cash to the targeted 18 million household-beneficiaries of the country’s biggest social protection […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has moved to fast-track the implementation of the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asainitiative of President Rodrigo Duterte by proposing new legislation establishing township revitalization programs nationwide in a bid to finally decongest Metro Manila and create more jobs and self-employment opportunities in rural communities against the backdrop of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte is urging Congress to approve a measure that aims to guarantee the access to social protection and other safety nets of an estimated 16 million workers in the so-called informal economy, in line with the Duterte administration’s efforts to transition them to the formal sector so that their rights can be protected under law. Workers […]
The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a measure on financial inclusion that its lead author said is part of a reform package designed to let Government upgrade the delivery of its future social amelioration programs (SAPs)—and avoid a repeat of the hitches that had mired the initial release of cash subsidies to […]
The House of Representatives has passed on second reading a measure designed to be a three-year stimulus to set the stalled economy back on its high-growth path and an initial booster as well for President Duterte’s new initiative to decongest Metro Manila by creating a lot more infrastructure jobs in the countryside. The chamber passed House Bill […]