House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda is confident that, by year end, the government will have hit its economic growth targets. This, despite the fact that the Philippine economy slowed down to 7.4 percent in the second quarter of 2022. Albay 2nd...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. declared that he will impose a one-year moratorium on the payment and interest of land amortization to help agrarian reform beneficiaries in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Bongbong Marcos FB) "I intend to issue an...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno has committed to pursue the passage of the remaining tax reform packages that were left behind by the Duterte administration involving real property valuation and financial taxation. Once in the 19th Congress opens, Diokno said the Marcos administration would...
Aiming to address the “root” of social strife due to landlessness and poverty, Makabayan representatives, together with peasant and fisherfolk leaders refiled the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB) in the 19th Congress. Makabayan representatives along with peasant and fisherfolk leaders...
Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Monday, June 20, refuted various claims, reiterating that planting food is not a crime and supporting farmers is not a criminal act. Farmers and advocates on Hacienda Tinang (Photo from Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas) The statement is in...
Farming is among the poorest sectors in the country, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) said. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) NAPC head lawyer Noel Felongco, in an interview with DWIZ 882 on Tuesday, June 14, said that this is rooted in the lack of farmers' ownership of their own land for farming....
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, June 11, urged authorities to respect human rights and the dignity of the farmers and land reform advocates they arrested in Hacienda Tinang in Concepcion, Tarlac. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) The Vice President said it was clear the...
Outgoing Senator Francis ‘’Kiko’’ Pangilinan on Friday, June 10 asked the government to free the farmers and peasant advocates who were arrested in Concepcion, Tarlac yesterday. Inquest proceedings on the charge of malicious mischief and obstruction of justice slapped against the 87 farmers...
Amid the rise in prices of flour-based products and a projected nutrition crisis, Senator-elect Loren Legarda has called for a reform in the country’s agricultural and food systems. Loren Legarda “In an interconnected world, we are faced again with the negative implications of the war in...
House Deputy Speaker Conrado Estrella III has been appointed by President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in the latter's incoming Cabinet Read more here: https://mb.com.ph/2022/06/08/marcos-admins-nsa-dar-chief-revealed/ Former...
Local farmers stood their ground reiterating that the P20 per kilo rice promise will not happen under the national government’s existing land reform program. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Tuesday, June 7, slammed the Department of...
House Ways and Means Committee chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has vowed to push for the Budget Reform Act in the upcoming 19th Congress. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) “I will refile the bill, hopefully with enhancements from the incoming finance and budget...
