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PH EYES GLOBAL JOB MARKET BOOST WITH ENGLISH

National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte is bullish on  the country’s labor force  enhancing further its “A game” as Asia’s youngest and sought-after workers who are proficient in the English language, in light of a new law that put back English, along with Filipino, as the primary medium of instruction from Kindergarten to Grade 3 and made […]

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SOLO PARENTS GET FREE PHILHEALTH COVERAGE

National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte is reminding all solo parents that they are now entitled to free health services as automatic members of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), following the recent release of the guidelines for the law expanding the economic benefits due single dads and moms in the country. Villafuerte said […]

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SENATE URGED: OK SENIORS’ MONTHLY PENSION HIKE

On the occasion of Elderly Filipino week, National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte  is appealing to senators to pass this third and final session of the 19th Congress their counterpart to the House-passed measure on an expanded social safety net initiative granting a monthly stipend  to all  Filipinos 60 years of age and above–now numbering over 12 million–and not […]

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CONGRESS URGED: HELP BOOST PH LEARNING RECOVERY

Ahead of this year’s school opening, National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte has called on the 19th Congress to help our President and newly named Education Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara carry out the national learning recovery program in the third year of the Marcos administration by writing laws that will uplift our teachers and […]

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AFASA TO PROTECT PINOYS FROM SCAMS — VILLAFUERTE

National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte believes that Republic Act (RA) 12010 will go a long way in shoring up defense of the domestic digital infrastructure for the protection of our netizens, many of whom are worried about falling prey to online financial scams amid the Philippines’ unwanted reputation as a cybercrime hotbed in […]

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HOUSE POWER TO ENFORCE DISCOUNT FOR SENIORS BACKED

National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte has thrown support behind the commitment of Speaker Martin Romualdez for the House of Representatives to wield its oversight power to compel establishments to abide by laws granting discounts and other benefits to an estimated 35 million senior citizens, solo parents and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the […]

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CAMARINES SUR FREE TRADE ZONE EYED TO CREATE JOBS

The congressional approval of a measure creating the CamSur Free Trade Zone will energize the Bicol region and help President Marcos meet his vital goal of creating a Philippine environment much more conducive to generating investments and creating quality jobs, CamSur Rep. and National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte has told the House ways […]

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VILLAFUERTE BACKS PATROLS IN WPS WITH US, ALLIES

National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte is hopeful that the impending joint maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) by the Philippines and the United States (US) will evolve into a multilateral security arrangement with the possible inclusion of like-minded allies like Australia and Japan. “A multilateral maritime security setup in the WPS […]

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VILLAFUERTE: REBOOT AYUDA BILL AMID DELTA SURGE

Ahead of the distribution of P10.84 billion in cash subsidies to those hit the hardest by the two-week reimposition of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila, Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has proposed the reboot of the aid or ‘10K ayuda’ bill for the benefit of other families outside the national capital who are […]

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FORM MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS NOW! — VILLAFUERTE

Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte has welcomed the final approval by the House of Representatives of a legislative proposal on the establishment of a Medical Reserve Corps (MRC),  which has now become even more urgent owing to the alarming rise in Covid-19 cases  in the country partly because of the emergence of new and more infectious variants […]