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Local communities may soon be able to strengthen their marine and coastal protection efforts as the House committee on appropriations approved a substitute bill establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) in coastal municipalities and cities nationwide. The measure consolidated House Bills 48 and 2126 authored by Reps. Lawrence Laurel Fortun and Benhur Salimbangon, respectively. The measure […]
The House committee on appropriations chaired by Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles (1st District, Davao City) approved a substitute bill seeking to strengthen the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) and improve its capability to provide farmers with additional government support to raise agricultural production. In addition, the bill enhances the capabilities of banks and financial […]
The House committee on appropriations chaired by Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles (1st District, Davao City) approved House Resolution 243 urging President Rodrigo Duterte to issue an executive order increasing the daily local travel allowance of government officials and personnel on official business to P2,000 since the present rate of P800 is no longer attuned […]
The endorsement by the House committee on human rights chaired by Rep. Cheryl Deloso-Montalla (2nd District, Zambales) of the bill providing for a framework on the right to adequate food followed the approval of its funding provision by the committee on appropriations chaired by Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles (1st District, Davao City). The bill […]
The House committee on appropriations chaired by Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles (1st District, Davao City) approved a substitute bill seeking to provide policies and prescribe procedures on surveillance and response to notifiable diseases, epidemics, and health events of public health concern. The committee approved the unnumbered substitute bill titled “Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases […]
The House committee on appropriations chaired by Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles (1st District, Davao City) approved the funding provision of a substitute bill regulating the practice of food technology in the country. The funding provision of the unnumbered substitute bill titled “Philippine Food Technology Act” provides that “The Chairperson of the Professional Regulation Commission […]
The House committee on appropriations chaired by Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles (1st District, Davao City) has approved the funding provision of a substitute bill seeking to protect senior citizens from violence. The approved Section 27 of the unnumbered substitute bill provides that the amount necessary to implement the provisions of the “Anti-Elder Abuse Act” […]