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DUTERTE TO PROTECT INTEREST OF THE PHILIPPINES IN CHINA TRIP – GO

President Rodrigo Duterte is ready to protect the country’s interests, particularly in the West Philippine Sea, during his trip to China, Senator Bong Go said. Go made this assurance after Duterte said he will raise the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling in his upcoming eighth bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in […]

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INCREASE FARMER REPRESENTATION IN THE PCA BOARD – VILLAR

Senator Cynthia Villar presided over the hearing on the accompanying bill of the measure creating the coconut levy trust fund which will strengthen and reconstitute the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Board. Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, authored Senate Bill 1913 or the Reconstituted PCA Board Law. This repeals Presidential Decree 1468 […]