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MANILA-Aklan 2nd District Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr., House Committee on Appropriations vice chairperson, on Friday sponsored and successfully defended the proposed 2023 budget of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) worth PHP15.85 billion during the period of debates in the plenary. During the plenary debates, Rep. Arlene Brosas of Gabriela Party-list asked if the DAR could revisit Administrative Order No. 1, series of 2019, which streamlines the processing of applications for land use conversion to further protect the welfare of farmers and other poor land owners. Haresco answered that th...

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile believes that corruption in government is more rampant now than before.

Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday questioned the huge allocations of confidential and intelligence funds to various agencies while allocation for social services were significantly reduced under the P5.268-trillion proposed budget for 2023.

LIVELIHOOD AID. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (center, left) and E. B. Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon (right) with some of the recipients of the livelihood grant from the Department of Social Welfare and Development during the payout ceremony at the town public plaza on Sept. 14, 2022. Some 300 vendors were granted assistance under the agency's Sustainable Livelihood Program-Livelihood Assistance Grant.(Photo courtesy of Municipality of E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - Some 977 residents of E. B. Magalona town in Negros Occidental have availed of various liv...

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Marvin Malacon distributes PPES to more than 600 TUPAD beneficiaries in EB Magalona.* MPIO photo A total of 300 micro and