(Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda and AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee are highly anticipating the enactment of the proposed New Agrarian Emancipation Act, which both believe will be a boon to the agriculture sector. The measure--already enrolled by the...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Facebook) Now that Metro Manila workers have been granted a wage increase, it's time for workers in other regions to be granted the same benefit. Thus, said AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee, who on Friday, June 30 welcomed the announced P40 minimum wage...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRi Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has called for the strict implementation of the food security roadmap for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in order to sustain the continued decline of poverty incidence in the...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Facebook) The tragic story of a young woman who died in a road accident pushed AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee into filing House Bill (HB) No.8498 late last month. The bill is titled, "An Act increasing the Compulsory Third Party Liability Insurance for...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) The spate of fatal and at times gruesome vehicular accidents in the country has pushed AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee to highlight the call for an increase in the Compulsory Third Party Liability Insurance (CTPLI) for commercial vehicles....
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee is eyeing a "Shark Tank"-style initiative to help budding Filipino entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground. Shark Tank is a popular program in the United States (US) that features business magnates and...
(MANILA BULLETIN) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee is appealing to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to hasten the process for the increase of cash grants or "ayuda" under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). This, as the rookie congressman expressed worries...
( Unsplash) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has welcomed the recent second-reading passage of the proposed Philippine Salt Industry Development Act, which seeks to address a big irony in the local salt industry. Embodied in House Bill (HB) No. 8278, the measure seeks to revitalize the salt...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has a proposed a way for the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to save up to P16 million in electricity fees from the operations of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3....
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) A party-list congressman who supports fisherfolks has vowed legislative action in a bid to declare the critical Verde Island Passage (VIP) a protected area. "Suportado natin ang panawagan na ito, at makakaasa po kayo na maglalabas tayo ng...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A pro-agriculture congressman is batting for a monthly fuel subsidy of not less than P1,000 for municipal fisherfolk. “Despite the fishing sector's major contribution, our fishermen continue to be among the fundamental sectors' poorest people," AGRI Party-list Rep Wilbert T. Lee...
(Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN) A pro-agriculture congressman wants Filipinos--farmers in particular--to hold the government officials at a higher standard. This, as AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee blamed the "tolerant and forgiving" nature of Filipinos for their woes in agriculture. "Masaya...
