Camarines Sur-based solons are prodding government to pour investments on fully-equipped, permanent mega-evacuation centers (ECs) to shelter evacuees in the aftermath of natural disasters, including earthquakes. Rep. Migz Villafuerte (5th district) and Rep. Luigi Villafuerte (2nd district) pointed...
Ranking congressmen from Camarines Sur are upbeat over President Marcos ' decision to assign key roles to local elective officials in the implementation of his newly-expanded investment promotion program. Rep. Migz Villafuerte (5th district), chairman of the House Committee on Information and...
The House of Representatives is playing catch-up with the Senate when it comes to the proposed Citizen Access and Disclosure of Expenditures for National Accountability (CADENA) Act, a budget transparency measure. But Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Migz Villafuerte, whose committee is handling the...
A congressman from a renewable energy (RE) hub in the Philippines has expressed high hopes for the House-passed KALINGA bill--a crisis response measure that stemmed from the fuel price crisis. Camarines Sur 5th district Rep. Migz Villafuerte said that House Bill (HB) No. 9305, or the...
Camarines Sur-based congressmen have hailed President Marcos for fastening the government’s plan to expand the Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (E-4PH) Program, which they claimed would give Filipinos more affordable options in choosing government-backed mass shelter housing projects. More...
Camarines Sur Reps. Migz Villafuerte (5th district) and Luigi Villafuerte (2nd district) are optimistic that a measure recently passed on third and final reading by the House of Representatives would let all local government units (LGUs) harmonize their respective land use plans with a...
Camarines Sur 5th district Rep. Migz Villafuerte is optimistic of the swift plenary passage of the proposed “Komprehensibong Alalay sa Livelihood, Inflation, Negosyo, at Goods Assistance (KALINGA) Act”, which the House of Representatives has positioned as an all-encompassing solution to the...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has filed a resolution seeking a congressional inquiry into the growing incidence of fake news, online harassment, cyber threats, disinformation, and other forms of digital abuse proliferating across social media and online platforms. Her...
Understanding the preferences of people their own age group, Camarines Sur Reps. Migz Villafuerte (5th district) and Luigi Villafuerte (2nd district) are pushing for the swift approval of a package of work protection mechanisms and incentives for the so-called freelance or gig economy. This, as...
Citing an unaddressed problem in the labor sector, Camarines Sur solons Rep. Luigi Villafuerte and Migz Villafuerte are batting for the establishment of a Tripartite Council to fix once and for all the country’s chronic job-skills mismatching. “Driven by outdated education systems and the...
Camarines Sur-based lawmakers are prodding the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Transportation (DOTr) to expand the scope and duration of its month-long toll-free transport of farm produce. Rep. Migz Villafuerte of the province 's 5th district and Rep. Luigi Villafuerte of the...
Camarines Sur 5th district Rep. Migz Villafuerte has echoed the call of the House Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) Council to suspend for two months the collection of value-added tax (VAT) on petroleum products. Villafuerte, chairman of the House Committee on Information and...
