Economist-solon Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo appears to have cracked the hoarding-price manipulation code that the likes of "Sibuyas Queen" Lilia Cruz (alias Leah Cruz) are allegedly employing. Quimbo managed to do so after only four public hearings of the House Committee on...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo has urged the country’s top economic managers to immediately facilitate the distribution of a P1,000 per family "ayuda" or government subsidy amid the high inflation rate. (MANILA BULLETIN) Quimbo made this appeal to Development Budget Coordination...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo said that "safety nets" for local industries must be established under the era of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo speaks during a press briefing. (Ellson Quismorio/ File photo/ MANILA...
WOMEN AT WORK Atok's coffee farms are dominated by women who plant their coffee alongside vegetables and flowers (Photo: Apo ni Bayosa) People who grow food should never have to go hungry, yet many of our farmers are—sadly—part of the most underprivileged sectors in the country. It’s a sad...
A ranking congresswoman wants the House of Representatives to investigate the utilization of billions worth of government funds on the delay-ridden Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) project, or the national ID project. Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA...
Are government data on onion supply being 'faked' to justify the soaring prices of the commodity? House Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe (left) and Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Screenshots from Zoom) House Majority Leader, Zambonga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe and Marikina...
Congressmen who took part in the House Committee on Agriculture and Food's inquiry on the alleged hoarding of onions and other agricultural products were left frustrated and confused Wednesday, Feb. 8. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, after the solons couldn't get the answers and...
A visibly irate Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo asked a Department of Agriculture (DA) official during a House of Representatives panel briefing Wednesday Jan. 25 whether or not he believes there's a cartel in the local onion industry. Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo,...
The Kadiwa store program, which gives Filipinos access to relatively cheaper local produce and products amid the prevailing fast inflation, will continuously be implemented throughout 2023. Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo gained this assurance from the Department of Agriculture (DA)...
Is there a "cartel" in the local onion industry? Onions in a Quezon City supermarket, and Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This is the question Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo wants answered in House Resolution (HR) No. 681, which she...
The powerful House Committee on Appropriations, which handles and approves the country’s national budget, has approved the budget provisions of the substitute bill, subject to amendments, that would create a National Citizens Service Training Program (NCST) in all public and private tertiary...
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon was among the first to claim victory for the anti-Maharlika fund movement after the House of Representatives announced that it would no longer tap the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) as contributors to the planned...
