Rep. Juliette Uy (2nd district, Misamis Oriental) wants a mandatory child nutrition program institutionalized in public elementary schools and barangay day care centers nationwide to help make quality health care easily accessible to Filipino children in their early childhood years.
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte has led members of the House of Representatives in supporting President Benigno Aquino III’s decision to abolish the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and urged his fellow lawmakers to buckle down to work in institutionalizing reforms involving fund releases for local projects in the national budget.
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said the Philippines should shift from a consumption-driven system to a production-driven economy mobilized by long-term investments to realize President Aquino’s “inclusive-growth” agenda and sustain its status as one of Asia’s emerging tigers.
Students may soon enjoy discounted transport fares even on non-school days and holidays under a bill filed by Rep. Ma. Victoria Sy-Alvarado of the National Unity Party (NUP).
Local government executives belonging to the National Unity Party (NUP) continue to spearhead relief and rescue operations in their respective areas at the height, and in the aftermath, of the heavy monsoon rains activated by tropical storm “Maring” since Sunday.