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NOGRALES LEADS UNITY WALK FOR MONTALBAN RECOVERY

Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Tuesday led a “unity walk” in the Municipality of Montalban to urge the town’s leaders to put on a united front for its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and amid an ongoing economic crisis. Nograles and Montalban Mayor Ronnie Evangelista also signed the “Bangon Bagong Montalban” economic partnership […]

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NOGRALES SWORN INTO OFFICE BY VP SARA DUTERTE

Incoming Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles took his oath of office on Wednesday, June 28, before Vice President Sara Duterte in Davao City.  Nograles won in the newly-formed district, which constitutes the Municipality of Montalban, by a landslide, winning by over 60,000 votes over his rivals.  In particular, Nograles voiced his support for the […]

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NOGRALES HAILS RENAMING OF RODRIGUEZ AS MONTALBAN

An expression of the people’s will and an end to confusion. This was how incoming Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles described the successful reversion of the Municipality of Rodriguez to its old name, Montalban, after a measure he had filed lapsed into law earlier this month. In 1982 the name of the town was […]

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NOGRALES TO NEW LAWYERS: ‘SERVE THE PEOPLE’

With the Bar examination results released on Tuesday, April 12th, Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles urged new lawyers to “offer your time and selves to the people.” “First of all, warmest congratulations to all our new panyeros and panyeras. Habang mainit-init pa, hihikayatin ko na kayo na sana’y maging bukas kayong paglingkuran ang ating […]

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ALLOW WATCHERS TO OBSERVE BALLOT PRINTING – SOLON

Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles is backing the call for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to allow observers to witness the printing of ballots and the configuration of secure digital cards for voting machines to be used in the upcoming national elections. This as the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) said the Comelec […]

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NOGRALES LAUDS MONTALBAN YOUTH VOLUNTEERISM

Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles lauded the youth’s voluntary spirit, as he welcomed close to 700 new members in a growing youth movement based in the town of Montalban.“Ibang-iba na po talaga ang kabataan ng Montalban. Sila pong dating nagbubulag-bulagan at nagbibingi-bingihan, sila pong dating kibit-balikat sa mga problema ng Montalban, sila pong dating […]

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NOGRALES CALLS FOR SAFE DISPOSAL OF FACE SHIELDS

With the use of face shields no longer required in many places across the country, Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles has called on concerned local government units to organize a plastics waste drive to help ensure these are properly disposed of. “We have a mounting waste problem that needs intervention both the local and […]

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KEEP STORED COVID-19 VACCINES SAFE, SAYS NOGRALES

“Triple ingat.”This was the appeal of Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles to local government units after a fire in a Department of Health building in Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur destroyed more than 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses recently. A Department of Interior and Local Government memorandum also states that vaccines should be administered within three […]

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MASS HIRE VACCINATORS TO BOOST VAX RATE – NOGRALES

A lawmaker at the House of Representatives suggested the mass hiring of nurses and medical technologists to ramp up the government’s vaccination drive, especially with the start of the program for all minors aged 12 to 17. Rizal Representative Fidel Nograles said it will also be crucial to accelerate the national vaccination rate to ensure […]

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POST-COVID RECOVERY ROLE EYED FOR RIZAL ROAD

Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles touted the potential of a soon-to-be constructed inter-provincial road connecting Rizal and Bulacan to play a key role in both provinces’ post-pandemic recovery. “We are literally paving the way to recovery with the construction of the Rizal-Bulacan Inter-Provincial Road,” Nograles said. The Rizal-Bulacan Inter-Provincial Road is seen to cut […]