Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo believes there's a simple solution to the worrisome water supply woes that's been dominating news headlines for the past few weeks: cloud seeding. "No water???!!! Cloud seeding is the answer," Tulfo, a broadcast...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Speaker’s office, Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Committee on Appropriations Chairman Zaldy Co have high hopes for the newly-signed New Agrarian Emancipation Act, particularly in terms of boosting the...
The agrarian reform program in the country will continue to oppose the conversion of agricultural lands even with the government's move to condone unpaid agrarian debt. Agrarian Undersecretary Luis Pangulayan said the agrarian reform mandate is to monitor arable tracts of land in the country, and...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Senators Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero and Christopher ‘’Bong’’ Go on Saturday, July 8 lauded President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for the expeditious signing of the New Agrarian Emancipation Law, which...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Cynthia Villar has welcomed President Ferdinand ‘’Bongbong’’ Marcos Jr.’s signing into law of a bill condoning loans of farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). The President signed last Friday, July 7, Republic Act (RA) No.11953, or the New Agrarian...
BAGUIO CITY – A total of 392 electronic titles (E-titles) covering 431.6 hectares were distributed to 402 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) on Friday, July 7. The distribution, which was held at the Newtown Hotel in this city, was part of the National Simultaneous Certificate of Land Ownership...
(Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda highlighted on Friday, July 7 the estate tax amnesty exemption provision in the newly-signed Republic Act (RA) No.11953 or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act. Salceda, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, went as...
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said the condonation of all unpaid agrarian debt will have no impact on the government's revenue. DOF Secretary Benjamin Diokno (Noel B. Pabalate) Diokno stressed the government has already made plans about the government's target revenue and the condonation of the...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has challenged President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to prioritize the creation of a new and genuinely redistributive agrarian reform program. This, even as the Makabayan solon hailed Marcos for signing...
Senators on Friday, July 7, welcomed President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s signing into law of the New Agrarian Emancipation Act. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said the bill “is good news” for the country’s farmers as this would relieve the burden of Comprehensive...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN) The signing of the New Agrarian Emancipation Act is a "defining moment" of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s first year in Malacañang. Thus, said Camarines Sur...
Despite being freed from their agrarian debt, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured Filipino farmers that the government would continue supporting them as he highlighted the importance of the country's agriculture sector. *President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot)*...
