House Ways and Means Chair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay, 2nd district) released the following statement on the Unnumbered Substitute Bill to House Bills No. 362, 989, 1702, 2089, 2090, 2099, 3326,3475, 3640, 4447, 5131, 5212, 5277, 5402, 5409, 5425, 7298, 7919, 8432, 8628, 8981 and 9131, entitled “AN ACT EXPANDING THE COVERAGE OF THE SENIOR […]
Read MoreHouse Ways and Means Chair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay, 2nd district) released the following statement on the next steps to be taken by the House Murang Pagkain Supercommittee, also known as QuintaComm: We will intensify our fight to lower rice prices. As of the latest data from the Food and Agriculture Organization, global rice prices […]
Read MoreABS-CBN is right that they did not ask me to file a franchise. The leadership also did not. I filed it with the conviction that it is the right thing to do. I have been a co-author of the ABS-CBN franchise since 2019. Unfortunately, I was not a member of the Committee on Legislative Franchises. […]
Read MoreI filed House Bill No. 11252, renewing the ABS-CBN franchise for another 25 years. I believe that the free market of ideas requires competition. A virtual monopoly will not do, as far as disseminating ideas and keeping the public informed is concerned. I also owe it to Albay. ABS-CBN remains the single most important news […]
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