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On 19 April 2024, Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri hosted a lunch meeting at the Fairmont Hotel in Makati in honor of the Rt. Hon. Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and his delegation. The Prime Minister was accompanied by the Honorable Simon Watts, Minister of Climate Change…
SEN. Mark A. Villar sponsored on the floor last Wednesday night the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act or Afasa, drawing quick support from most senators. “Ang pinaghirapan ng ating mga kapwa Pilipino na para sana sa kanilang pang-araw-araw na gastusin ay ninanakaw lamang ng mga scammers,” said Villar, chairman of the…
The Senate has strongly supported the passage of the “Kawayan Act” as bamboo has the potential to contribute $3.5 billion to the economy and strengthen the country’s pollution control under its Sustainable Development Goal commitments. Senate Bill 2513 or an “Act Institutionalizing the Bamboo Industry in the Philippines and Appropriating…
The Philippines will carry out this year a P100.05-million bamboo work program which includes trade and marketing in global venues to promote Filipino innovations in bamboo architecture and other products. The Philippine Bamboo Industry Development Council (PBIDC) is sustaining inter-agency programs for Filipino bamboo products despite prevailing budgetary constraints. As…
PHISHING will soon be added to the list of crimes in the Philippines thanks to a proposed bill that will give the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) law enforcement powers. In a recent briefing, BSP Senior Assistant Governor and General Counsel (SAGGC) Elmore O. Capule said Senator Mark A. Villar…