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The Senate and the House of Representatives had its bicameral conference committee meeting on Senate Bill No. 2332 and House Bill No. 7836, amending the Revised Penal Code to raise the age for determining statutory rape. From the previous twelve years old, the bill now revises it to be below sixteen years of age. “No […]
The Senate welcomed a delegation from the National Assembly of Hungary led by Deputy Speaker István Jakab and accompanied by Hungarian Ambassador to the Philippines, Dr. Titanilla Tóth, as part of efforts to strengthen inter-parliamentary cooperation and friendship between the Philippines and Hungary. Majority Leader Migz Zubiri, President of the Philippines-Hungary Parliamentary Friendship Association, thanked […]
Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri outlined legislative plans for the transport cooperative sector at the 1st Mindanao Transport Cooperative Congress, putting particular emphasis on cutting down red tape for loans and setting up a modernization loan fund for transport cooperatives. Zubiri, who chairs the Senate Committee on Cooperatives, was a guest speaker at the 1st […]
Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri recently visited North Luzon provinces to deliver rice donations in the wake of Typhoon Maring. Zubiri turned over seven hundred sacks of rice to Tuguegarao City and the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, and Nueva Ecija. Earlier, he also sent donations to the province of La Union. Typhoon Maring caused severe […]
At the Senate hearing for the 2022 budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA) recently, Majority Leader Migz Zubiri laid down a colatilla to the approval of the DA’s budget, requiring a concrete plan on the skyrocketing prices of fertilizers before their budget can be taken up in plenary. This is following an earlier statement […]
Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri visited Camarines Norte and Naga City to inspect and turn over infrastructure projects funded through his legislative amendments in the national budget. In Camarines Norte, Zubiri turned over a school building in Talisay City to the province. Situated at San Isidro Elementary School, the building was realized through the combined […]
Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri recently met with the cooperative sector and educational assistance beneficiaries in the province of Albay, as he turned over projects and donations in the Municipality of Camalig and the City of Legazpi. Zubiri attended the inauguration and blessing of the Albay Provincial Cooperative Building in Camalig. Built through the veteran […]
Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri is calling on the Department of Agriculture (DA) to take action amidst the skyrocketing fertilizer prices in the country, which has put farmers on the back foot as they struggle to balance rising production costs and low farmgate prices. “Ang dami pong lumalapit sa akin na farmers’ groups and cooperatives […]
Senator Migz Zubiri filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for Senate reelection on the sixth day of the filing period at the Sofitel Harbor Garden Tent in Pasay City. Zubiri was accompanied by his wife Aubrey when he filed his COC as an independent candidate, just like when he ran in the 2016 polls. The […]
Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri took to the floor recently to usher in the National Cooperative Month–the first official celebration after the passage of Republic Act 11502, an Act Declaring October as our National Cooperative Month. Zubiri, who chairs the Senate Committee on Cooperatives, spoke on the contributions of cooperatives to the country, and the […]