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Senator Cynthia Villar on Sunday, March 17 expressed optimism President Marcos’ signing into law of Republic Act No. 11985 or An Act Strengthening and Revitalizing the Salt Industry in the Philippines will give “new life” to the country’s dying salt industry.    Villar,...

Sen. Cynthia Villar said on Tuesday, Sept. 12, that passing the proposed Philippine Salt Industry Development Act is the Senate’s response to the plea for assistance from salt industry stakeholders to revitalize their dying sector.   Sen. Cynthia Villar (Senate PRIB photo)   Voting...

Voting 22-0, the Senate approved the proposed bill that seeks to strengthen and revitalize the salt industry in the country. Approved on the third and final reading is Senate Bill No. 2243 or the proposed or the proposed Philippine Salt Industry Development Act. "My wholehearted support and...

Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has underscored the significance of the House of Representatives' passage of two more Marcos administration priority bills before the sine die adjournment of the first regular session. These...

Although it has a shoreline of 36,000 kilometers, the Philippines imports 93 percent or 550,000 metric tons of salt for its requirement. “We should look at the salt industry as an added income source to fishermen during the dry season and the possibility of exporting Philippine sea salt,”...