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...
The Department of Finance (DOF) reported that the comprehensive tax reform program (CTRP) initiated by President Duterte since he took office has yielded more than half a trillion pesos in fresh government revenues. In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III, the DOF’s Domestic...
House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda insisted that the proposal to remove value-added tax (VAT) on power generation and excise taxation on fuel source is not possible without legislation. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Economist and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says that to pay off the country’s Covid-19 debts, the next administration will have to generate around P326-billion in yearly revenue. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Photo from Joey Sarte Salceda FB) As of January 2022, the Department of...
Senatorial candidate Joseph Victor “JV’ Ejercito said he is glad to have fulfilled two of his advocacies on youth development with the passage of the Free Education Law and the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Reform Law when he was a senator. “At least for my youth advocacies, I guess I have...
A total of 250 farmers from Hacienda Murcia and Hacienda Tinang in Capas, Tarlac and Zaragosa, Nueva Ecija attended the “Makabayang Pagbabago” forum in Concepcion, Tarlac, said peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP). The forum was held to discuss pressing issues that farmers face...
In line with the celebration of Women's Month, the Department of Agrarian (DAR) conducted a five-day trade fair for farmers' organizations nationwide to help them promote their agricultural products. Aside from promoting farm products, DAR Support Services Office Undersecretary Emily Padilla said...
Aspiring president Senator Manny Pacquiao believes that justice reform is needed to address the slow justice system in the country. During the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) election forum on Friday, March 25, Pacquiao said that proper reform be done by increasing the budget...
Left: Farmers receive free farm inputs through the assistance of the Progressive Women Agrarian Reform Cooperative (PWARC) and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Right: PWARC was officially established in 1999, with the co-op’s headquarters located in the Municipality of Dumarao, Capiz....
