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The chair of the House of Representatives’ agriculture committee lauded the Department of Agriculture for a new program aimed at providing loans to fresh graduates of agriculture and agriculture-related courses so they could further develop their farming projects and innovations. The program could very well entice more youth to pursue agriculture as a career, since […]
With the country marking Women’s Day, House Agriculture Committee Chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr., is calling for the empowerment of indigenous women in food security and climate change adaptation efforts. “Maraming maia-ambag ang indigenous women given their traditional role as carers and managers of their communities. It’s high time we tap their […]
The House Committee on Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) and Indigenous Peoples (IPs) is eyeing to craft a resolution seeking to include the concerns of IPs in the national policy agenda of President Rodrigo Duterte. During a committee hearing on the complaints of various Lumad leaders on the continuing atrocities of the New People’s Army (NPA) […]
House Agriculture Committee Chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban expressed support for the plan of President Rodrigo Duterte to place Negros Island under land reform, saying this would go a long way towards addressing the insurgency problem in the country. Last week, the President announced that he was mulling placing Negros island under land […]
As government imposed suggested retail prices (SRP) for rice on Saturday, House Agriculture Committee chair and ANAC-Party-list Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr. urged rice retailers to toe the line and help the public cope with the high cost of living. “I hope our rice retailers comply with the SRP. The problem of inflation is an […]
With the deadline for voter registration looming, House Agriculture Committee chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr. reiterated his call for indigenous peoples and farmers to use the remaining days to register for the 2019 midterm elections. Voter registration will end on Saturday, September 29. “I urge all my fellow IPs and farmers to […]
House Agriculture Committee chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose Panganiban, Jr. called on the National Food Authority (NFA) and the country’s economic managers to reevaluate whether the amount of rice approved for importation early next year will be enough to cover the losses caused by Typhoon “Ompong.” The country had planned to import an additional 383,500 […]
House Agriculture Committee Chair and Anac-IP Party-list Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr. on Friday expressed confidence that the rice tariffication bill would be approved on third reading on Monday. The House of Representatives terminated sponsorship and debates on House Bill 7735, or the “Revised Agricultural Tariffication Act,” last Wednesday. The Senate version is still being […]
ANAC-IP Party-list Rep. Jose Panganiban, Jr. lauded Pres. Rodrigo Duterte for reiterating his pro-environment stance during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday. “Nature endowed us with this wealth to be tapped for the benefit of all generations. My policy in the utilization of these resources is non-negotiable: the protection of the environment […]
As the bicameral conference committee finalizes the draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law, ANAC-IP party-list Rep. Jose Panganiban, Jr. expressed hope that peace would finally be a reality in Mindanao. “The sooner the BBL is passed, the sooner we can work to make peace a reality in Mindanao,” Panganiban said. The legislator said that ANAC-IP […]