A lawmaker representing one of the most disaster-prone provinces in the country called on President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as an urgent administration measure the bill proposing to create the Department of Disaster Resilience. Noting that the typhoon season in the country is fast approaching, L
Leyte 4th District Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez on Monday, May 31, appealed for sobriety in public discussions concerning the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid reported calls for government to take a more aggressive posture in dealing with the continued incursion of Chinese military vessels in the contested
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Four congressmen abstained from the voting.
Approval of House Bill 7174 or the “Bawal Billboard Tuwing Bagyo Act” was strongly endorsed by the House Committee on Disaster Resilience following unanimous panel voting last month.
HB 7174 consolidated legislative proposals filed by Deputy Speaker and CIBAC Partylist Rep. Eduardo “Bro. Eddie” C Villanueva and Reps. Alfred Vargas (PDP-Laban, QC) and Domingo C. Rivera (CIBAC Partylist).
Vargas lauded the House leadership under Speaker Lord Allan Velasco for putting the measure in the priority list of legislation of the chamber.
Vargas said a report published by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism has indicated a rising number of commercial billboards on roads in Metro Manila, mostly erected in major thoroughfares.
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Pangasinan Rep. Christopher de Venecia, chairperson of the House Committee on Creative Industry and Performing Arts, moved for the approval of House Resolution No. 1374, principally authored by Leyte Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez. De Venecia’s motion was seconded by Bukidnon t Rep. Maria Lourdes Acosta-Alba.
“Designating June 12 as Philippine Traditional Wear Day would deliver a whole range of benefits. It could elevate national pride and unity among Filipinos regardless of subcultural backgrounds, whether you are Ilocano, Maranao, Bisaya, Chinese Filipino, mestizo, or Tagalog, We are all Filipinos and we all salute all our backgrounds using our traditional wears,” Gomez said.
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Various environmental groups have called on the government to implement urgent policy action to address the disaster and climate emergency in the Philippines.
In an online forum Thursday, the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UPRI), Greenpeace Philippines, and Local Climate Change Adaptation for Development (LCCAD) reiterated its call for the immediate passage of the Department of Disaster Resilience (DRR) bill.
The groups also partnered with the House of Representatives and Albay Rep. Joey Salceda to amplify the passage of the bill which they said would “ensure that the current and future generations of Filipinos will survive the projected accelerating impacts of climate change and disasters.”