By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News
Published May 14, 2021 9:30am Former Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano is calling on the present administration and the opposition to develop and agree on a single strategy in dealing with the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue. Cayetano, also a former Foreign Affairs secretary, told reporters in Taguig City on Thursday that both parties should not let their emotions control them, because the WPS concern is not a partisan issue. Tuwing may sinasabi ang both sides, nakikinig ‘yan, ang China, Vietnam, at Malaysia at inaayos yung strategy laban sa atin,” Cayetano said. [Every time the administration and the opposition talk on the issue, claimant countries are listening and crafting strategies against us.]
Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
In a press conference in Taguig City, Cayetano, together with his allies in the Lower House, said House Bill 8597 or the Bangon Pamilyang Pilipino (BPP) Assistance Program ois a simple initiative that can be sustained by unused funds from previous years.
Cayetano promoted his proposal which has been compared to House Bill 8628 or the proposed Bayanihan to Arise as One Act (Bayanihan 3) that was filed by staunch political foe and successor, incumbent Speaker Lord Allan Velasco.
Velasco and Marikina City Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo are pushing for the swift passage of the Bayanihan 3 that proposes a P420 billion economic stimulus fund that is aimed at reviving the country’s economy.
Published February 4, 2021 9:26am By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Former Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and his allies have filed a measure seeking to grant additional cash assistance to families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In House Bill 8697, Cayetano and six other lawmakers proposed to create the Bangon Pamilyang Pilipino (BPP) Assistance Program, which will provide beneficiaries with P1,500 cash assistance per family member or P10,000 per household, whichever is higher. “This bill ensures that each and every Filipino is given additional assistance, in recognition that we all have been affected by the pandemic, economic setbacks, and all the hardships brought about in the year 2020,” the authors said in the bill s explanatory note.