(Pixabay) Take more decisive steps to implement the Extended Producer Responsibility Act (EPRA) of 2022. This, in a nutshell, was Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte's message to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga, who had been...
With Secretary Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa now as Department of Health (DOH) chief, Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymunnd “LRay” Villafuerte said he hopes healthcare workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs who played a crucial role during the Covid-19 pandemic will finally receive their unpaid health...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook, Speaker's office) Shunning "divisive politics", Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said on Wednesday, June 7 that improving the lives of Filipinos remains the top priority of the...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has enumerated six advantages of the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), which is expected to be enacted soon after the House of Representatives and the Senate reached an agreement on...
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...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left), and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has bared his expectations on Malacañang's plan to issue an executive order (EO) on even greater local autonomy, in...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte says it’s time for the Senate to pass a pending counterpart bill allowing government employees, including public school teachers, to retire when they reach the age of 56. This, after...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left) and (top to bottom) the flags of the United States (US), Australia, and Japan (Facebook, Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has never been more hopeful of the prospect of joint maritime patrols in the West Philippine...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte hasn't forgotten about the plight of more than 20,000 healthcare workers (HCWs) who are still waiting on their Covid-19 allowances. “It is our hope that the Departments of Health (DOH) and of Budget and Management (DBM) would...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A ranking congressman wants the appropriate committees in the House of Representatives to conduct a joint investigation, in aid of legislation, on just how effective chemical fertilizers have been to local farmers in terms of their...
(Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is prodding senators to pass their counterpart measure to the House bill (HB) granting full protection to workers of the so-called "gig" industry, or freelancers. “With the rapid growth of the global freelance economy and the resultant...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (MANILA BULLETIN) The World Health Organization's (WHO) lifting of the public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) declaration in connection with Covid-19 should prod Philippine authorities to do away with the eTravel requirement for...
