The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) can recover the lands in its prison and penal farms that were transferred to other government agencies but were not utilized for the purposes specified in the transfer. Cited were the 12,323.2 hectares of land in BuCor’s Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF) in...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said he is confident that the ongoing efforts of the Senate to amend the two decades-old Government Procurement Reform Act (GPRA) will result to greater implementation of major government projects, acquisition of goods and supplies and reducing, if not...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 2386 or the proposed Real Property Valuation and Assessment Reform Act (RPVARA). With 23 affirmative votes, zero negative votes and zero abstentions, SB 2386 was approved by the Senate during its plenary session on Monday,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on the Senate to look into the series of agrarian reform reversals and land reconsolidation done by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) against several agrarian reform beneficiaries in several parts of the country. Hontiveros lamented that farmers...
Senator Risa Hontiveros warned on Friday, Feb. 16 the leaders of People’s Initiative for Modernization and Reform Action (PIRMA) of possible criminal charges should they continue their refuse to disclose the identities of the donors behind the controversial “EDSA-pwera” TV ad. “Mahaba...
Senators said that individuals who want to withdraw their signatures from People's Initiative (PI) signature sheets should no longer be required by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to explain their reason for retraction. Senator Imee Marcos, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Electoral...
In fear of being haunted by the ghost of his namesake father, President Marcos vowed to finish distributing lands to beneficiaries before he stepped down in 2028. AGRARIAN REFORM — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (middle) with Special Assistant to the President Anton Lagdameo and...
New taxes are still a possibility, as the Department of Finance (DOF) clarified that the Marcos administration is just currently not keen on introducing additional tax proposals, apart from its existing priority tax measures. Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said the DOF is not developing new tax...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform has granted more than 90,000 Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) in the Davao region since President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assumed office in 2022. DAR-Davao chief Eugene P. Follante said they have issued 91,775 e-titles or CLOA to Agrarian...
DAVAO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, February 7, vowed to complete the distribution of all lands covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) before his term ends in 2028. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. speaks at the distribution of electronic land titles...
President Marcos intends to double the number of land titles that will be distributed to beneficiaries this year. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos said he wants the government to double the 90,000 distributed titles last year as he aims to complete the distribution...
Sen. Grace Poe said that the focus on the joint voting by Congress made the so-called People's Initiative for Charter change (Cha-cha) flawed at the onset and that the attention instead should have been on explaining the provisions that required amendments in the 1987 Constitution. Sen. Grace...
