House Ways and Means Chair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay, 2nd district) issued the following statement regarding the issuance of DOH AO No. 2024-0017, which removed the requirement of presenting a Senior Citizen’s Booklet when availing of medicine discounts for seniors. “Byebye booklet. I thank the DOH for making permanent the change we requested in the […]
Read MoreThe House Murang Pagkain SuperCommittee, also called QuintaComm, will be pivoting to hearings for solutions to high power costs once session resumes, its presiding co-Chair Joey Sarte Salceda said. Salceda released the following statement on the actions to be taken by the panel: The Speaker, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, has issued instructions to go after […]
Read MoreHouse QuintaComm CoChair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay, 2nd district) warned supermarkets and big retailers of rice that the five-committee House panel on cheaper food prices will be looking into the possible price manipulation and profiteering at the big retailer level. Salceda released the following statement on the subject: “I am warning supermarkets and big groceries. […]
Read MoreHouse Murang Pagkain Supercommittee Co-Chair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay, 2nd district), who presides over the QuintaComm’s hearings, released the following statement regarding the DA’s role in reducing rice prices: The DA’s perennial retort that they are powerless to stop abuse in the rice market will no longer do. It gives license to price manipulators to […]
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