AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Facebook) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee was able to secure a commitment from the Insurance Commission (IC) for the revocation of a circular that would have imposed a whopping 400 percent increase in minimum...
(Bloomberg) A neophyte congressman has told the Philippine Center for Post-harvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) that it's a "huge sin" to leave unused the billions worth of money that's intended to capacitate local agriculture workers. This, AGRI...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Facebook) Implementing electronic licenses is the "long-term solution" to the plastic license card woes hounding the Land Transportation Office (LTO). AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee had this to say even as the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) owes some P27 billion in payables to local hospitals, its President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. admitted on Wednesday, Sept. 6 to the House Committee on...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee says the Marcos administration can still reduce retail prices of rice to as low as P20 per kilo through sheer subsidization by the government. "Food security is a national security...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) A neophyte congressman is prodding the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to give a one-year extension to the validity of drivers' licenses affected by the temporary restraining order (TRO) halting the agency...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) Likening them to the "devil", hoarders and price manipulators of agricultural goods such as rice and onions ought to be jailed for their misdeeds, AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee said on Thursday,...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A neophyte congressman is calling on the government to do everything it can to address food inflation amid rising hunger in the Philippines. "Hindi po nakapagtataka na mas maraming mga kababayan natin ang nagugutom dahil patuloy pa rin ang pagtaas...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. indeed has basis to say that prices of goods are "stabilizing", but this benefit may not be felt by common Filipinos. Thus, said AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee, who prodded the...
(Unsplash) The proposed cash assistance increase under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) should be based on yearly reviews in relation to the country’s inflation rate. Thus, said AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee, who has proposed changes in the substitute bill amending the 4Ps law...
(Unsplash) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has reiterated his call for the creation of a Department of Water Resources amid the lingering threat of El Niño, or the extended dry season. “Kailangang paghandaang mabuti ng pamahalaan ang El Niño, lalo pa at inaasahan na makakaapekto ito sa mga...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) A pro-farmer congressman has allayed fears from the civil society organizations (CSOs) that agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) whose debts were condoned under the newly-signed New Agrarian Emancipation Act might all end up selling their...
