Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte on Sunday appealed to the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to exert their “optimum effort” in looking for funds to start this year the implementation of the law doubling the social pension for senior citizens to P1,000.
The pitch of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) should serve as an impetus for local government units to put up Solo Parents Offices (SPO) or SP Division (SPD) in their respective jurisdictions.
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte on Thursday called on the Departments of Trade and Industry (DTI) and of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to work in tandem in protecting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from cyber attacks.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday nightelected its contingent to the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA).
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte on Monday said that Filipinos “now enjoy better and relatively cheaper services such as airfares, phone rates and water delivery” thanks to “the strong political will” of former President Fidel V. Ramos to “break up long-established monopolies in Philippine business and attract private investors.”
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte on Sunday urged Congress to give its full backing to the commitment of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to stick to and expand the “Build, Build, Build” initiative of the previous administration.
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte on Friday said the Marcos administration could tap the credit line offered by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to better deal with the worsening global climate crisis.
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte on Thursday said presidential son and Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos’ grasp of how the legislative process works and his familiarity with almost all lawmakers earned him the right to become the Senior Deputy Majority Leader.
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte on Sunday called on the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to settle soon enough its overdue obligations to the bus companies participating in the Libreng Sakay Program to keep the free rides going and at full capacity.
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has filed a measure seeking to establish a Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) that the government can tap in times of health crises such as the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.