(Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda and AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee are highly anticipating the enactment of the proposed New Agrarian Emancipation Act, which both believe will be a boon to the agriculture sector. The measure--already enrolled by the...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Rep. Co's office) A ranking congressman says the Department of Justice (DOJ) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) should pursue charges of economic sabotage against crime syndicates in connection with its probe on the alleged onion cartel. Ako Bicol...
(Unsplash) Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes wants to raise the age limit for vaping, which according to him has addictive properties. "Kailangang protektahan natin ang ating mga kabataan mula sa mga masamang bagay na maaaring idulot ng mga produktong ito (We need to protect the youth from the...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Rep. Yamsuan's office) A former Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official-turned-congressman is pushing for the passage of a bill that would guarantee the security of tenure of civilian employees in the country’s law...
Ako-Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) A total of 30 Badjao fisherfolk have been granted with motorized boats by the office of Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co in an effort to boost their livelihood. Co provided the motorized boats to the fishermen in the form of certificates. Aside from...
LEGAZPI CITY – Thirty Badjao families in Camarines Sur received livelihood assistance and motorized boats from the Ako Bicol (AKB) party-List in an awarding ceremony at Hotel St. Ellis here on Friday, June 30. Norvi Magtanong, Ako Bicol Camarines Sur coordinator, said the Badjao families...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Facebook) Now that Metro Manila workers have been granted a wage increase, it's time for workers in other regions to be granted the same benefit. Thus, said AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee, who on Friday, June 30 welcomed the announced P40 minimum wage...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) "It can hardly buy a kilo of rice." With this remark, Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas slammed the recently approved P40 minimum wage increase in the National Capital Region (NCR), and called it far from sufficient as it falls short of...
(Unsplash) Instant noodles, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), drinking water, and kerosene ought to be protected from unwarranted price hikes, especially during times of calamities. For this purpose, Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan and Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte...
Bukidnon 2nd district Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores (center) receives the P500,000 in cash from representatives of House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Rep. Flores' office) The office of Bukidnon 2nd district Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores became the latest to receive calamity assistance amounting to P11...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRi Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has called for the strict implementation of the food security roadmap for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in order to sustain the continued decline of poverty incidence in the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (BBM Media Bureau) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo gave a near perfect score to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for the latter's performance in his first year in Malacañang. "Specifically, I am giving the President a 9.7 in a scale of 1 to 10,"...
