Salceda okay with Zubiri proposal for disaster agency; House’s principal author of proposed DRR department says institutionalization is priority, not size of new agency
Salceda asks DTI to craft response to semiconductor shortages, 280 billion USD subsidy law passed by US Congress; House tax chair asks PBBM government to “future-proof” country’s top export industry, protect 300k jobs in electronics export sector
Salceda challenges Senate: Take up disaster agency without waiting for the House; Tax panel chair says he is “optimistic” about chances of enacting disaster agency law with Zubiri-led Senate
Salceda says Malacanang assured him of Bicol Railway completion; House tax panel says rail will be backbone of “Bicol-Waray-Southern Tagalog” economic axis
Salceda praises PBBM SONA which showed President as “technocrat-in-chief;” House tax chair says panel ready to take up Marcos agenda “on day one of nomination”
“New goals, new friends, new projects:” Salceda says PBBM’s first SONA best time to signal foreign policy doctrine of “national interest, global cooperation;” Marcos Jr. “may have to make deals” with “non-traditional partners” such as Russia, Arab nations, India
