The House of Representatives unanimously passed on third and final reading Tuesday, Jan. 31 a bill that would condone unpaid loan interests, penalties, and surcharges incurred by farmers, fisherfolk, and other agrarian reform beneficiaries from government-led lending agencies.
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Recognizing the “heroic role” of barangay health workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, the House Committee on Ways and Means on Monday, Dec. 5, approved the tax provisions of the substitute bill consolidating proposed measures for the magna carta of barangay health workers (BHWs).
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SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Another batch of corn farmers numbering to about 1,259 from Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur provinces received P3,000 each in fuel discount from the Department of Agriculture-Ilocos Region on Sept. 9, Sept. 12, and Sept 13.
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SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union Some 1,329 corn farmer-beneficiaries from various municipalities in Pangasinan each received P3,000 worth of fuel discount cards, totaling P3,987,000 under the Department of Agriculture fuel discount program.
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Atty. Jennilyn Dawayan, region
New House senior deputy majority leader and Ilocos Rep. Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Marcos (File photo) MANILA The House of Representatives on Tuesday elected presidential son and Ilocos Rep. Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Marcos as senior deputy majority leader for the 19th Congress. During Tuesday's plenary session, House Majority Leader Manuel Jose "Mannix" Dalipe moved to nominate and elect Marcos to one of the high-ranking positions in the chamber. Aside from Marcos, Dalipe also named Quezon City Rep. Franz Pumaren, Batangas Rep. Lianda Bolilia, Malabon City Rep. Josephine Lacson-Noel, Pangasinan Rep. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, and Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre as deputy majority leaders. Leyte Rep. Anna Victoria Veloso-Tuazon, Misamis Occidental Rep. Ando Oaminal, Tarlac Rep. Jaime Cojuangco, Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez, and AKO BICOL Party-list Rep. Raul Angelo Bongalon were elected as assistant majority leaders. On Monday, Speaker Martin Romua