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The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is projecting to distribute 300,000 to 400,000 certificates of land ownership awards (CLOAs) and e-titles to agrarian reform beneficiaries throughout 2025. During a post-State of the Nation Address (SONA) discussion with Cabinet members in San Juan City on Tuesday, DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III said President Ferdinand R. Marcos…
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Senator Win Gatchalian lauded the President’s commitment to fiscal discipline and efforts to ensure that every peso of the people’s money is spent wisely and aligned with the administration’s priority programs under the National Expenditure Program (NEP). The President, in his State of the Nation Address (SONA), ordered a review and audit of the government’s…
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Senate President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero said on Tuesday (July 29) that all government officials and their relatives must be banned from participating in public procurement and must cease acting as contractors or suppliers to the state to fight corruption, particularly in projects involving infrastructure and flood control. Senate President Escudero’s push for a new…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has directed the construction of additional dedicated evacuation centers and the enhanced use of technology to strengthen disaster preparedness. “Kasama ng mga mahahalagang imprastraktura, dadagdagan pa natin ang mga makabagong evacuation centers na ating naipatayo na,” President Marcos said in his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.…
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When the Senate of the 20th Congress convenes for the first time on Monday, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson will be part of the Senate’s “conscience bloc.” Lacson said Saturday that the bloc will also include former Senate Presidents Vicente “Tito” Sotto III and Juan Miguel Zubiri, along with Loren Legarda – and possibly Risa…
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LEYTE 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez was reelected unopposed as Speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday, securing a second consecutive term with overwhelming support from the chamber’s supermajority coalition at the opening of the 20th Congress. This marks the second straight time that Speaker Romualdez clinched the top post without a…
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Davao City Representatives Paolo Duterte, Omar Duterte, and Isidro Ungab, along with Pwersa ng Pilipinong Pandaragat (PPP) Party-list Representative Harold Duterte, have declared themselves independent members of the House of Representatives after abstaining from the Speaker election, choosing to remain unaffiliated with either the majority or minority blocs. The four lawmakers announced their decision to…
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Cebu 5th District Representative Duke Frasco has officially declared his status as an independent member of the House of Representatives after abstaining from voting for Representative Martin Romualdez, who was elected Speaker by the majority. In a statement released after the speakership vote, Frasco said his decision to abstain was based not on political strategy…
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President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. will deliver his fourth State of the Nation Address today under a good measure of austerity, with the traditional pomp and pageantry scaled back in solidarity with Filipinos recently battered by severe typhoons and flooding. The move toward a simpler event at the House of Representatives follows calls from…
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House Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo First District Representative Janette Garin expressed hopes that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will underscore the importance of addressing pressing national concerns during his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) today. Garin, a former health secretary, said she believes the President remains committed to uplifting the lives of…
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