“Mayor Inday Sara possesses a clear vision, is courageous, has integrity, honesty, humility, compassion and clear focus. There is no doubt she will be a good vice president,” Velasco, a close friend and ally of the presidential daughter, said while campaigning for her Friday morning in Cabanatuan City.
The House leader issued the statement as his team joined the Luzon leg of Mayor Duterte’s Mahalin Natin ang Pilipinas Ride (MNPR), a month-long national caravan that is taking her from Davao City to various parts of the country.
Velasco, who is running unopposed in Marinduque’s lone congressional district, is also supporting Pusong Pinoy Party-list, which is running under the platform “Labanan ang Sakit at Kahirapan.”
Thousands of people lined up along the highway in Nueva Ecija as they waited for the arrival of Mayor Duterte and her team. The caravan was headed for Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya Friday afternoon.
Kaugnay ng kanilang layuning patuloy na itaguyod ang kaligtasan at seguridad ng mamamayan ng Marinduque, pinangunahan nina Speaker Lord Allan Velasco at Governor Presby Velasco ang pag turn-over at ceremonial blessing ng bagong firetrucks mula sa Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) para sa mga bayan ng Mogpog at Torrijos.
Dumalo sa nasabing programa sina Bokal Lyn Angeles, Marinduque Provincial Administrator Mike Velasco, BFP MIMAROPA Regional Director SSupt Damian Rejano Jr., Marinduque Provincial Fire Director Supt. Jude Sumeg-ang, Mogpog Mayor Augusto Leo Livelo, Rev. Father Eulogio Mangui at iba pang opisyales at kawani ng lalawigan.
QUEZON CITY — Our warmest congratulations and deepest gratitude to the entire Philippine delegation on reaching multiple milestones in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, including the country’s first gold medal after 97 years of Olympic competition.
With one gold from Hidilyn Diaz, two silver medals from Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam, and one bronze from Eumir Marcial, this edition’s Philippine team is undoubtedly the most successful delegation since the country started competing in the Olympics in 1924.
This four-medal haul for the Philippines eclipsed its previous best Olympic performance in the 1932 Los Angeles Games, where three Filipino athletes won medals for the country. The Philippines also has just been hailed as Southeast Asia’s best performing country in the 2020 Tokyo Games, ending Thailand’s reign in the past four Olympics.
This is just the beginning as there are a lot more to come from our courageous and inspiring national athletes. Filipinos are forever grateful to all 19 athletes, their coaches and sports officials for the joy, pride and glory they brought to the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Mabuhay ang mga magigiting na atletang Pinoy!
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Monday hailed the signing into law of a measure establishing the Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute (PERPI), which he authored and championed when he was still the head of the energy panel of the House of Representatives.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed Republic Act 11572 or the Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute Act last July 30, according to Malacañang.
“This is a major victory for the energy sector as the new law will help improve the country’s ability for energy research and policy creation, and we thank President Duterte for his action on this matter,” Velasco said.
Velasco, who was chairman of the House Committee on Energy prior to becoming Speaker, said the institute would help “bridge the research and policy gap in the energy sector for the benefit of the Filipino people.”
He said it was high time for the Philippines to develop a stable, sustainable, affordable, and reliable energy supply by harnessing the latest research and technology available in order to meet the country’s growing demand for energy.
PERPI is envisioned as an independent body that shall undertake trans-disciplinary research, explore, and develop the latest technologies, and provide autonomous policy output or recommendations for the benefit of policymakers, as well as private and public energy stakeholders.
The body is expected to provide timely technical and strategic assistance to the government, energy regulators and Congress, on energy-related matters requiring policy direction and advice. It shall also serve as a medium in bringing together local and international experts in the field of energy through local and international linkages.
Under the law, PERPI will be an independent policy and technology research institution attached to the University of the Philippines (UP) headed by an Executive Director, who shall be a recognized expert in energy policy and research.
The institute will also have its own Advisory Council consisting of 10 members, including five ex-officio members, namely: the secretaries of the Department of Energy, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of Science and Technology; Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority; and UP President.
The law establishes mechanisms for dissemination and utilization of research for technology and policy development, creating and administering training programs, and providing appropriate fellowship grants for capacity building of the academe and energy stakeholders.
The House of Representatives on Monday adopted a resolution institutionalizing the Congressional Medal of Excellence, with Tokyo Summer Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz as the very first recipient of the award.
House Resolution (HR) 1981—introduced by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, Majority Leader Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and Minority Leader Joseph Stephen Paduano—creates the newest congressional award to be given exclusively to Filipino athletes who have won a gold medal in the Olympic Games.
The House also adopted HR 2041 congratulating, commending and awarding the Congressional Medal of Excellence to Diaz for her historic gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
HR 2041 was introduced by Velasco, Romualdez, Paduano, Isabela 5th District Rep. Faustino Michael Carlos Dy III and Zamboanga City Rep. Manuel Jose “Mannix” Dalipe.
The Congressional Medal of Excellence was created to give honor and commendation to “exceptional modern-day national heroes in sports who win the gold medal in the Olympics.”
The award, according to authors of HR 1981, will “immortalize the achievements” of Olympic gold medalists and “give them a legacy to leave behind by providing future generations with inspirational lessons that they can take to heart.”
There are currently two congressional medals being handed out by the House: Congressional Medal of Distinction and Congressional Medal of Achievement.
The Congressional Medal of Distinction is given to Filipino achievers in sports, business, medicine, science, and arts and culture; while the Congressional Medal of Achievement is awarded to political, economic, and cultural leaders, who have distinguished themselves through their life-work and their vision.
Five years ago, the House awarded Diaz the Congressional Medal of Distinction for winning a silver medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco today lauded the passage of a measure that would regulate and phase out the production of single-use plastics in order to curb the growing problem of plastic pollution in the country.
Velasco is one of the principal authors of House Bill (HB) 9147 or the proposed “Single-Use Plastic Products Regulation Act,” which the House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading during Wednesday’s session.
The House chief said “the time is ripe” for the country to enact a national legislation that will regulate the production, importation, sale, distribution, provision, use, recovery, collection, recycling and disposal of single-use plastic products.
“The Philippines is one of the world’s top five countries that contribute to plastic wastes causing marine pollution. Thus, it behooves our country to start prohibiting the use and spread of plastics in order to preserve the environment for future generations,” Velasco said.
HB 9147 provides for the gradual phase out of single-use plastics, which refer to “plastic products designed to be disposed, destroyed, or recycled, after only one use.”
Once the bill is enacted into law, non-compostable single-use plastic products like drinking straws; stirrers; sticks for candy, balloon and cotton bud; buntings; confetti; and packaging or bags of less than 10 microns in thickness shall be phased out within one year.
Other single-use plastic products such as plates and saucers; cups, bowls and lids; cutlery like spoons, forks, knives and chopsticks; food and beverage containers made of expanded polystyrene; oxo-degradable plastics; film wrap, packaging or bags of less than 50 microns in thickness; and sachets and pouches that are multilayered with other materials shall be phased out within a period of four years.
Thereafter, the production, importation, sale, distribution, provision or use of the said plastic products shall be prohibited.
However, properly labeled flexible disposable plastic drinking straws for persons with special conditions shall be allowed, when no suitable reusable or compostable alternatives are available.
Under the bill, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)—in coordination with the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) and in consultation with relevant departments or government agencies and stakeholders—shall formulate a phase out plan within six months upon effectivity of the measure.
The plan shall include these components: consumption, reduction and recovery program; producer responsibility schemes; reusable and compostable alternatives to single-use plastic products; and awareness-raising measures.
Within two years following the effectivity of the measure, producers and importers of single-use plastics shall establish and start phasing-in extended responsibility programs aimed at effectively preventing plastic wastes from leaking to the environment.
For this purpose, each producer or importer shall recover or off-set and divert into value chains and value-adding useful products, whenever possible, at least 50 percent of their single-use plastic product footprint, three years after the bill becomes law.
The DENR, upon the review and recommendation of the NSWMC, shall gradually increase the percentage until a 100 percent recovery or offsetting of their single-use plastic product footprint is achieved five years following the law’s effectivity.
Fines ranging from P50,000 to P1 million will be imposed on deliberate violations of pertinent provisions of the law, as well as falsification of required documents or misrepresentation of persons producing, importing or distributing single-use plastics and of commercial establishments.
The DENR’s Pollution Adjudication Board shall hear and adjudicate cases of violations or offenses and impose appropriate fines thereof, while the Department of Trade and Industry shall determine the appropriate fines and establish the classification of commercial establishments based on their capitalization.
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