Senator Imee Marcos slammed the government's proposal to lower the rice tariff from 35 percent to 15 percent, which she called it a "ham-fisted" solution to the high cost of rice. Sen. Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB Photo) Senator Marcos issued the statement Thursday, June 6 in Nueva Ecija, ahead of the...
Senators have expressed differing opinions on the newly approved reduction tariff on rice by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) that has already been approved by President Marcos. NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said that the reduction tariff on rice from 35 percent to 15...
Some senators have agreed to temporarily reduce tariff rates on rice even though the government stands to lose “less than P10 billion” in revenues, according to the Department of Finance (DOF). It was mentioned however by Finance Undersecretary Domini Velasquez that while the projected...
Senators expressed support for Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia's aim to prohibit using "AI deepfakes" as election campaign materials. Sen. Imee Marcos, who chairs the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People's Participation said that she welcomes...
Sen. Imee Marcos has filed a resolution seeking to investigate the reported data breach of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Firearms and Explosives Office (FEO). In filing Senate Resolution 1029, Marcos expressed concern about its impact on national security, cybersecurity, and the...
Senator Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB) The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Monday, May 20, started its inquiry into the eported budget cut that adversely affected the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 3,000 individuals in Negros Occidental received P9-million worth of financial assistance under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Sen. Imee Marcos led the distribution of the AICS in La Carlota...
Senator Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB) Senator Imee Marcos is batting for government-to-government importation of rice bypassing the National Food Authority (NFA) amid what she described as the current "rice emergency" that the country is...
Sen. Imee Marcos is pushing for the expansion of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) by including unconditional cash transfers for bedridden senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs). Sen. Imee Marcos presides over the Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development...
Sen. Cynthia Villar expressed support for Administrative Order No. 20 easing the rules on the importation of agricultural products. She mentioned this on Tuesday, April 23, during the 73rd Philippine Society of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineers (PSABE) Annual National Convention, the 35th...
Senator Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB) Senator Imee Marcos is urging the government to find “concrete” solutions to the issues currently hounding the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). “Alam naman natin malawakang problema ito… yung mga...
Senators are hoping that the challenges being faced by drivers under the franchise consolidation of the government's Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) have been addressed. This, as the solons noted the impending deadline of the consolidation on April 30. "We acknowledge the April...
