DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III (Contributed photo) MANILA - The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) will give training to agrarian reform beneficiaries and communities on new farming methods and techniques to help them improve the quality of their crops and produce higher yields. In a news release on Sunday, DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III said the department has launched intensive training for interested agrarian reform beneficiaries' organizations (ARBOs). He said that there are approximately 7,500 ARBOs nationwide that they are targeting to help in the government's food security program. The DAR Support Services will be in coordination with the Agriculture Training Institute (ATI) under the Department of Agriculture (DA) in mobilizing different ARBOs nationwide to establish demonstration farms under the Farm Business School (FBS) project. They will then evaluate the readiness of ARBOs to face the challenge of raising food productivity. Lawyer Milagros Isabel Cristobal
Three key officials of the House of Representatives were among the seven members of the majority bloc who broke what one congressman described a “deafening silence” over the Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Award when they congratulated the Filipino journalist for the honor she brought to the country.
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Published May 3, 2021, 12:35 PM
The proposed P405.6 billion Bayanihan 3 law that will grant all Filipinos P1,000 to P2,000 cash aid and another P10,000 each for families that absorbed the serious impact of the raging novel coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic, won swift approval from two House of Representatives committees on Monday, May 3.
In a joint committee hearing conducted by the House Committees on Economic Affairs and on Social Services, chaired by Albay Rep. Joey Sarte-Salceda and Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas, respectively, six bills to be consolidated were approved and will be sent to the Committee on Appropriations that will decide on the proposed P405.6 billion allocation.
Published March 17, 2021, 2:35 PM
House Asst. Majority Leader and Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo on Wednesday, March 17 doused cold water to speculations that he was intentionally removed as vice chairman of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations – a move seen by observers as an indication of a falling out between Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez.
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Arroyo, currently chairman of the House Committee on Energy, is a member of Lakas-CMD headed by Romualdez as party president. He is the son of the party founder, former president and former speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.