BACOLOD CITY – Bacolod Rep. Albee Benitez and Mayor Greg Gasataya have ordered swift and coordinated action from government agencies following the severe flooding in this highly-urbanized city over the weekend that affected about 5,000 residents and displaced around 441 families. The two leaders...
CEBU CITY – Lapu-Lapu City lone district Rep. Junard “Ahong” Chan was offered a whopping P300,000 to promote an online gambling platform. The offer could have been irresistible to some, but the neophyte lawmaker answered with a ‘big no!’ “Big no! When I woke up this morning, we were...
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Rep. Edwin Ongchuan has filed House Bill No. 604 proposing critical amendments to Republic Act No. 11310 or the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act. The proposed amendments aim to enhance livelihoods through skills development and livelihood training and...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte and and acting Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte II are distributing sports equipment and solar-powered lighting systems to barangays here. The initiative formally began on Thursday, July 10, with Barangay 76-A Bucana and Barangay Maa...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City Rep. Omar Vincent Duterte officially launched on Wednesday, July 9, the active operations of his congressional office through a landmark consultative meeting with barangay heads from the second district. Rep. Omar said the meeting was the first in a planned series of...
ILOILO CITY – The P20 per kilo rice program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) dubbed “Benteng Bigas Meron Na” (BBM) was launched in the island-province of Guimaras on Tuesday, July 8. DA Undersecretary for Operations Roger Navarro and DA-6 Regional Director Dennis Arpia joined Gov. Maria...
MOISES PADILLA, Negros Occidental -- Negros Occidental fifth district Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo III is asking for a clear plan for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Kanlaon Volcano. “There’s no clear plan what’s going to happen in the next three months, six months, or the next year,”...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte urged his son, Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, to do his job well as councilor and acting vice mayor here. “He (Councilor Duterte) should do his job well. As my father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, always said, ‘You make your...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte said his father, former President Duterte, appealed to the Filipino people to focus on their lives and forget about him as he is already old. Rep. Duterte thanked the people standing by his father during these trying times. “To the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Newly-elected Northern Samar second district Rep. Edwin Ongchuan has filed a bill institutionalizing the position of Local Economic Development and Investment Promotions Officer (LEDIPO) in all local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines. House Bill 602 seeks to amend...
Although facing charges of crimes against humanity related to his administration’s controversial war on drugs, former President Duterte 's family assured the public that he remains in good physical and emotional condition. “He’s doing well. He’s in good spirits and still cracking...
CEBU CITY – Cebu fifth district Rep. Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco recently inaugurated a P5-million day-care center and a P10-million one-story, three-classroom school building in Carmen in time for the new school year. “These are more than just buildings but safe, nurturing spaces that can...
