TABACO CITY, Albay – Sen. Bong Go and Albay Rep. Joey Salceda have renewed their call for the creation of a Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR) as Mayon Volcano continues to exhibit unrest. Go, during a visit to evacuation centers here and the town of Malilipot, this province, on Thursday,...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) Makabayan bloc solons have refiled a bill seeking a uniform scheme for the refund and rebooking of airline tickets in flights affected by prolonged natural disasters or pandemics. The proposal is embodied in House Bill (HB) No.8556, or the Pandemic Airfare...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook Describing the current state of airports as "very chaotic", Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is asking the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to put on hold its effort to reassign airlines at the different...
Kabayan Rep. Ron Salo (Rep. Salo's office) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo says bloggers and vloggers should again be allowed to cover this year's State of the Nation Address (SONA), but only after hurdling some criteria. "Traditional media create a more formal means of communicating with the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Nearly 10 million small farmers and fisherfolks in the country will enjoy lifetime pensions if and when this House bill from two Bicol lawmakers get enacted. Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan and Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte jointly filed in the...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) An additional burden to Filipino commuters. That's how Makabayan solon ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro described the impending fare hikes on Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) and LRT Line 2 (LRT-2). "Commuters are still reeling from...
Light Rail Transit Line 2 Saying that Filipinos are still reeling from the effects of inflation, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte asked railway authorities to defer the impending fare increase on the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) and LRT Line 2 (LRT-2). “I am making an...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Hundreds of families affected by the ongoing Mayon Volcano unrest in the province of Albay are set to receive P5,000 cash assistance from the special fund of House Speaker Martin Romualdez. Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said on Monday, June 19, that families evacuated in Legazpi...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left) and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook, Zoom) The Department of Agriculture (DA) needs a full-time secretary who can offer better solutions to the problems confronting the agriculture sector. Thus, said ACT Teachers Party-list Rep....
(MANILA BULLETIN) A House leader is urging local government unit (LGU) executives to help the government establish an accurate database for the estimated 12.3-million elderly Filipinos nationwide. According to Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, the national listing or cataloguing of...
(Pixabay) Take more decisive steps to implement the Extended Producer Responsibility Act (EPRA) of 2022. This, in a nutshell, was Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte's message to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga, who had been...
Rizal 4th district Rep. Fidel Nograles President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s order to construct water-impounding facilities near Metro Manila in a bid to control flooding and ensure water supply in Luzon is a "good idea", but there should be another, "greater objective". Thus, said Rizal 4th...
