THREE lawmakers have proposed the establishment of a P10 billion fund to finance the treatment and care of indigent cancer patients.

Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte, Benguet Rep. Eric Yap, and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Edvic Yap said their proposal, as outlined in House Bill (HB) No. 7687 aims to strengthen the existing cancer assistance fund mandated under the National Integrated Cancer Control Act under the Republic Act (RA) No. 11215.

GOOD news sa taga Davao City gumikan laing hugna na sab sa scholarship program ang gihanyag karon sa 1st Congressional District Office nga gipangunahan ni Representative Paolo Z. Duterte.

Sa pahibalo gikan sa buhatan nga nagdawat na sila karon og mga aplikante alang sa scholarship sa Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) program.

Ang Tesda Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) nagtumong sa pagpadayon sa pagpuno sa mga kakulangan sa kahanas ug mga kinahanglanon sa trabaho sa mga prayoridad nga mga industriya ug sektor nga adunay taas nga panginahanglan sa panarbaho, pagpalambo sa pagkab-ot sa kalidad sa Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET).

DAVAO CITY – The First Congressional District Office of Davao Representative Paolo Z. Duterte is now accepting scholarship applicants for Technical Education and Skills Development Authority program.

The Tesda Training for Work Scholarship Program aims to continue filling up the skills gaps and job requirements of priority industries and sectors with high employment demand, improving the reach of quality TVET to the grassroots.

“The program shall be limited to indigent and underprivileged cancer patient beneficiaries to be identified by PhilHealth.' Apr 3, 2023 03:21 AM At a glance Davao 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte (In photo) leads the filing of House Bill (HB) No.7687, titled, "An Act establishing a cancer medicine and treatment assistance fund for indigent and underprivileged Filipinos".

Lawmakers led by Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte have proposed a measure that aims to encourage more young Filipinos to pursue a career in agriculture and take on the challenges facing this vital sector.


With Benguet Rep. Eric Yap and ACT-CIS Rep. Edvic Yap, Duterte filed House Bill 7572 that aims to provide subsidies to children of qualified indigent farmers who will enroll in agriculture courses and other related fields of study in state universities and colleges (SUCs), on top of the free tuition offered under Republic Act 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 29) — A proposed measure was filed at the House of Representatives seeking to provide subsidies to children of qualified indigent farmers who will pursue a degree program related to agriculture in state universities and colleges (SUCs).

The Philippine Statistics Authority said in its October 2022 Labor Force Survey that there has been a continuous employment drop in the agricultural sector since 2020.

Based on year-on-year comparison, the sector had its share of total employment decline from 24.5% (9.7 million) in October 2020 to 24.6% (10.77 million) in October 2021. That further dropped to 22.5% (10.60 million) in October 2022.

MANILA, Philippines – Isang panukalang batas na naglalayong himukin ang mas nakararami na pasukin ang karera sa sektor ng agrikultura ang isinusulong ni Davao City Rep Paolo Duterte.

Sa ilalim ng House Bill 7572 na inakda ni Duterte kasama sina ACT CIS Partylist Rep Edvic Yap at Benguet Rep Eric Yap ay bibigyan ng subsidiya ang mga kuwalipikadong anak ng mga magsasaka na mag-eenrol sa agriculture courses sa state universities and colleges (SUCs), ang subsidy na matatanggap ay bukod pa sa free tuition fee na ginagarantiya sa ilalim ng Republic Act 10931 o Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.

Additional incentives for the dependents of indigent farmers have been proposed in the House of Representatives amid a huge decline in the number of employed workers in the agriculture and forestry sector.

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Based on the most recent Labor Force Survey released by the state-run Philippine Statistics Authority in December 2022, those employed in the agriculture and forestry sector decreased by a whopping 197,000 from October 2021 to October 2022.

This marks the biggest decline in sectors which posted lesser numbers in terms of employed persons. The same data showed that the agriculture and forestry sector also lost 511,000 employed workers from July 2022 to October 2022 alone.

Here's another attempt from solons to lure more young Filipinos into agriculture.

Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte has led the filing of House Bill (HB) No.7572, or the proposed Act granting free tertiary agricultural education, and other related courses to all dependent children of qualified indigent farmers.

Referred to the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education last March 15, the bill aims to provide subsidies to children of qualified indigent farmers who will enroll in agriculture courses and other related fields of study in state universities and colleges (SUCs).

Naghain ng panukala si Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte at dalawang iba pang mambabatas para mabigyan ng insentibo ang mga anak ng magsasaka na nais kumuha o kumukuha ng kursong may kinalaman sa agrikultura.

“We need young Filipinos who are exposed to today’s technologies to consider agriculture as a viable career. The youth’s innovative spirit, their enthusiasm to change the way we think or do things is what we need right now to reinvigorate our agriculture sector,” sabi ni Duterte.

Sa ilalim ng panukalang Free Tertiary Agricultural Education Act (House Bill 7572), ipinahayag nina Duterte, Benguet Rep. Eric Yap at ACT-CIS party-list Edvic Yap ang pag-asa na mahihimok ang mga anak ng magsasaka na kuha ang agri related courses sa pagbibigay ng insentibo sa kanilang pag-aaral.

Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte together with two other lawmakers filed a measure seeking to incentivize young Filipinos to pursue careers in the field of agriculture.

“We need young Filipinos who are exposed to today’s technologies to consider agriculture as a viable career. The youth’s innovative spirit, their enthusiasm to change the way we think or do things is what we need right now to reinvigorate our agriculture sector,” Duterte said.

In the proposed Free Tertiary Agricultural Education Act (House Bill 7572), Duterte, Benguet Rep. Eric Yap, and ACT-CIS party-list Edvic Yap expressed their belief that providing farmers’ children the educational support they need will encourage them to pursue agriculture and other related courses.

ASPIRING doctors and lawyers, as well as displaced workers and calamity victims, were among the 36,000 beneficiaries of the various forms of assistance extended by the office of Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte from October 2022 to March of this year.

During this six-month period, Duterte also initiated the implementation of 37 infrastructure projects in Davao City, which include the construction of a fire station, multi-purpose buildings, revetments to prevent coastal erosion, roads, evacuation centers, and water and drainage systems.