The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill that fixes the validity of firearm licenses and registration to a maximum ten years. Gun .45 caliber House Bill No. 10610 also allows a two-year validity of permit to carry firearms outside of residency or place of business. The...
The House of Representatives has approved on final reading the bill increasing to 50 percent from 40 percent the local government share of national taxes. House of Representatives plenary With 175 affirmative and 0 negative votes, House Bill 10296 was passed on third and final reading last Monday,...
The House Committee on Justice has endorsed the passage of a bill for the segregation of high-level convicts from other prisoners through the establishment of a separate facility for the former. Prison cell Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, one of the principal authors of...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund "LRay" Villafuerte on Saturday, September 11, sought the congressional passage of a bill providing health workers with hazard pay plus substantial increases in the current rates of their overtime pay and other compensations. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN...
Former Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Robredo Villafuerte, the longest-serving governor of the province, died Wednesday, September 8, exactly ten days after celebrating his 86th birthday last August 29. Rep. Luis R. Villafuerte The father of former House Deputy Speaker and incumbent Camarines Sur Rep....
Some lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Monday, September 6, welcomed the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases' decision to place Metro Manila under the general community quarantine (GCQ) as this would help the government learn how to deal with...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund "LRay" Villafuerte on Saturday, August 7, called for the full implementation of a 2018 law that expands state health and nutrition programs for women and children to help address hunger and malnutrition among "food poor" Filipinos. Camarines Sur...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymun "LRay" Villafuerte on Saturday, July 17, welcomed the creation of the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) Task Force that would pursue the implementation of a ₱24-billion wage subsidy program for private sector workers. Camaarines Sur 2nd District...
Vice President Leni Robredo believes that local politics in Camarines Sur and the personal agenda of politicians are at play as various personalities from her home provincing are wrongly predicting her 2022 plans. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) During her Sunday radio show with broadcaster...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund Villafuerte on Saturday, June 19, pushed for the passage of the Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Bill that aims to prohibit and criminalize discrimination on various fronts. Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. LRay Villafuerte His bill was among the several...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund "LRay" Villafuerte on Saturday, June 12, supported the government's plan to lift the ban on open-pit mining. Villafuerte said such a mining method must be anchored on responsible and sustainable practices -- given the exigency of creating new jobs and...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund Villafuerte said Saturday, June 5, that the "lousy" working relationship of the House of Representatives with Malacañang and the Senate has led to the "fiasco" of the proposed third Bayanihan law "not likely to see the light of day". Villafuerte expressed...
