A good idea. That's how Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda described the proposal from Malacañang to merge government financial institutions (GFIs) the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP). Salceda said in a statement Wednesday afternoon, March 29,...
Economist-Congressman Joey Salceda only has good things to say about the permanent appointment of Tereso Panga as director-general of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). Salceda went as far to say that the move "will help stabilize investor sentiment". "Moving forward, I expect to...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has certified as urgent the bill creating the country’s own Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which would institutionalize the government’s response to pandemics and other public health emergencies. In a statement on Thursday, March...
For Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, the potential enactment of the New Agrarian Emancipation Act will be "the most important legislative accomplishment" of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s young administration. "The New Agrarian Emancipation Act condones 58.125 billion pesos of...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda wants to outlaw tax racketeering and at the same time make it a non-bailable offense. For this purpose, the House Committee on Ways and Means chairman penned and filed House Bill (HB) No.7653, or the proposed Act defining the crime of tax racketeering. The...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda gave a valuable piece of advice-slash-reminder Tuesday, March 14 to barangay officials all over the country. "Simple advice to Bgy Officials: Tigil muna mga travels at seminars (Stop travels and seminars for the meantime," Salceda, chairman of the House Committee...
The Philippines "squandered" its opportunity to put the equivalent of $29 billion worth of Japanese reparations to good use. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda aired this regret on Friday, March 10 as he commented on the case of Filipino comfort women during the Japanese occupation of the country...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda wrote an emotional Facebook post Friday morning, Feb. 24 regarding the ongoing retrieval of the remains of the passengers of the crashed Cessna plane in the province. (Rep. Joey Salceda's Facebook) In the post, Salceda apologized for the failure to retrieve the...
Provide ample assistance or "ayuda" first to drivers before phasing out old jeepneys. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda's appeal to the Marcos administration Sunday afternoon, Feb. 27 amid the move of the Land Transport Regulatory and Franchising Board...
The Philippines should ensure the supply of sardines for the next fishing season this early in order to avoid the possibility of a shortage. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) Thus, said Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda as he called on the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno was not bothered about rumors that he was on his "way out" of the Marcos administration, saying his reported replacement, who is currently a House lawmaker, is a friend. On the sidelines of the Pilipinas Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 22, Diokno shrugged off...
A House of Representatives panel has approved the substitute bill for the value-added tax (VAT) refund for outbound tourists, a proposal already approved in principle by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The currently unnumbered measured was passed on...
