The powerful House Committee on Appropriations, which handles and approves the country’s national budget, has approved the budget provisions of the substitute bill, subject to amendments, that would create a National Citizens Service Training Program (NCST) in all public and private tertiary educati
Camarines Sur 3rd District Rep. Gabriel Bordado Jr. has applauded the plans of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and its secretary, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., to modernize the sector and financially equip the farmers and fishermen to make them more competitive.
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A farm-to-market road (FMR) masterplan, higher agricultural production, credit and affordable farm inputs, and improved research and development (R&D) are among the priorities of the proposed 2023 budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
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(Photo courtesy of Comelec Isabela) CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela - The Albanos and Dys, who have ruled the province for decades, are here to stay, at least in the 2022 elections. Commission on Elections (Comelec) data as of Sunday showed nine Dys and four Albanos filed their certificates of candidacy. Incumbent Vice Governor and three-term governor Faustino "Bojie" Dy III will run unopposed for a second consecutive term while his son, Faustino V, will seek reelection against lawyer Armando Velasco, a former Comelec commissioner, in the Sixth District. Another son, Francis Faustino, is running for reelection as Echague mayor. The vice governor's nephew, Cauayan City Councilor Ceasar Jaycee, son of former Mayor Ceasar Dy, is also seeking the mayoralty post. He is being challenged by his uncle, Bill Dy, a half-brother of the vice governor, as they seek to replace Mayor Bernard Faustino Dy, whose third term ends next year. Another Faustino III nephew, Representative Ian Paul of th
(Photo courtesy of Comelec Isabela) CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela - The Albanos and Dys, who have ruled the province for decades, are here to stay, at least in the 2022 elections. Commission on Elections (Comelec) data as of Sunday showed nine Dys and four Albanos filed their certificates of candidacy. Incumbent Vice Governor and three-term governor Faustino "Bojie" Dy III will run unopposed for a second consecutive term while his son, Faustino V, will seek reelection against lawyer Armando Velasco, a former Comelec commissioner, in the Sixth District. Another son, Francis Faustino, is running for reelection as Echague mayor. The vice governor's nephew, Cauayan City Councilor Ceasar Jaycee, son of former Mayor Ceasar Dy, is also seeking the mayoralty post. He is being challenged by his uncle, Bill Dy, a half-brother of the vice governor, as they seek to replace Mayor Bernard Faustino Dy, whose third term ends next year. Another Faustino III nephew, Representative Ian Paul of th