WEBVTT asr-000001 01:38:16.000 --> 01:38:25.560 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: Mr. Speaker, I move to recognize the gentleman from ACT Teachers' Party List, the Honorable Antonio Tinio, to avail of the privilege hour. asr-000002 01:38:26.580 --> 01:38:31.780 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: The Honorable Antonio Tinio of Party List, ACT Teachers, is recognized. Please proceed. asr-000003 01:38:33.360 --> 01:38:34.920 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Maraming salamat, Mr. Speaker. asr-000004 01:38:34.920 --> 01:38:49.360 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Mr. Speaker, mga kapwa mababatas, at sa higit isang milyong guro sa buong Pilipinas na nagsisilbing pundasyon ng kinabukasan ng ating bayan, asr-000005 01:38:50.400 --> 01:38:56.660 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: isang mapagpalayang hapon po sa ating lahat ngayong National Teachers' Day. asr-000006 01:38:57.560 --> 01:39:02.920 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Noong nakaraang buwan, formal nating binuksan ang National Teachers' Month. asr-000007 01:39:04.020 --> 01:39:04.860 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Kinalampag, asr-000008 01:39:04.920 --> 01:39:13.460 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: at ng mga guro ang Kongreso upang ipanawagang itaas ang kanilang sahod patungong P50,000 a month asr-000009 01:39:13.460 --> 01:39:20.540 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: at itaas ang Personal Economic Relief Allowance o PERA mula P2,000 patungong P5,000. asr-000010 01:39:21.300 --> 01:39:28.780 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Ngayong October 5, pinagdiriwang natin ang World and National Teachers' Day. asr-000011 01:39:29.520 --> 01:39:32.120 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Pumilos ang mga guro sa lansangan. asr-000012 01:39:33.100 --> 01:39:34.260 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Galing lang po ako doon kanina. asr-000013 01:39:34.260 --> 01:39:34.860 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Kasama ko. asr-000014 01:39:34.920 --> 01:39:39.980 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Pumilos sila para ipaglaban ang kanilang mga panawagan at karapatan. asr-000015 01:39:41.200 --> 01:39:52.800 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Hindi sapat ang taonang selebrasyon ng Teachers' Day kung buong taon namang naghihirap ang ating mga guro sa ilalim ng kasalukuyang sistema. asr-000016 01:39:54.080 --> 01:39:58.860 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Bilang kinatawan ng mga guro at bilang dating guro din, asr-000017 01:40:00.300 --> 01:40:02.860 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: naririto muli ako upang irehistro. asr-000018 01:40:02.860 --> 01:40:06.180 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Irehistro ang aming mga panawagan. asr-000019 01:40:06.320 --> 01:40:11.440 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Una, sahod itaas P50,000 dapat. asr-000020 01:40:12.760 --> 01:40:17.700 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Noong June 30, 2025, unang araw ng 20th Congress, asr-000021 01:40:18.260 --> 01:40:32.700 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: finail ng kinatawang ito ang House Bill No. 203 para itaas ang entry-level salary ng mga guro sa P50,000 per month. asr-000022 01:40:32.860 --> 01:40:50.660 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Sunod nating pinanukala ang House Bill No. 896 at 8969 para naman itaas din sa P50,000 na minimum na sahod ng mga guro sa private sector at higher education institutions. asr-000023 01:40:51.660 --> 01:40:56.680 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Ngunit hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa ito dinidinig ng Kongreso. Wala pa pong aksyon. asr-000024 01:40:56.680 --> 01:41:02.620 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Ang mga pulis at militar, mahigit P49,000 sa month. asr-000025 01:41:02.860 --> 01:41:13.660 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Ang natatanggap, at least P31,000 minimum salary, pero meron pa silang P10,000 per month na subsistence allowance. asr-000026 01:41:14.620 --> 01:41:21.940 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Samantala, ang public school teacher, P31,705 a month ang natatanggap. asr-000027 01:41:24.280 --> 01:41:29.280 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Wala pa rito ang mga kalta sa PhilHealth, GSIS, Pag-ibig. asr-000028 01:41:29.960 --> 01:41:32.760 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Pulang ang sahod, kaya napipilitang mangutang. asr-000029 01:41:32.860 --> 01:41:40.400 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Kaya marami rin sa mga guro, P5,000 lang ang take-home pay dahil sa pagbabayad sa mga utang na ito. asr-000030 01:41:41.100 --> 01:41:49.200 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Mr. Speaker, kumataas ang presyo ng bilihin samantalang nakapako sa mababa na sahod ang ating mga guro, asr-000031 01:41:49.700 --> 01:41:54.280 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: gayon din ang mga manggagawa at kawaninang gobyerno. asr-000032 01:41:55.080 --> 01:42:01.880 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Kagyat ang pangangailangan itaas ang minimum na sahod ng mga guro sa P50,000 kada buwan. asr-000033 01:42:02.860 --> 01:42:13.160 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Pangalawa, pangalawang panawagan ang P2,500 na pera, hindi sapat, gawing P5,000. asr-000034 01:42:13.420 --> 01:42:19.860 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Mr. Speaker, noong 2016 pa pinapanawagan ng mga guro na itaas ang pera, asr-000035 01:42:21.320 --> 01:42:24.700 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: personal economic relief allowance, patungong P5,000. asr-000036 01:42:24.700 --> 01:42:32.700 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: P2,000 pa ito huling itinaas sa kasalukuyang level na P2,000. asr-000037 01:42:32.860 --> 01:42:39.380 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: P2,000 pa po, ito huling itinaas sa kasalukuyang P2,000 sa month. asr-000038 01:42:39.960 --> 01:42:45.000 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: At yung pera na ito, hindi lang sa teacher, sa lahat ng mga government employees, asr-000039 01:42:45.560 --> 01:42:53.400 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: kasama yung mga kawanin natin dito sa house, pati yung mga kongresista mismo, tumatanggap din ito. asr-000040 01:42:53.740 --> 01:42:55.660 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: So all government employees. asr-000041 01:42:59.120 --> 01:43:02.840 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Hindi katanggap-tanggap para sa mga guro at kawanin. asr-000042 01:43:02.860 --> 01:43:06.300 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: At yung pag- responders ng pamahalaan na matapos ang 17 years ay, asr-000043 01:43:07.640 --> 01:43:15.720 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: ayon sa nakapaloob sa 2027 proposed budget, P500 lang ang idadagdag dito. asr-000044 01:43:17.060 --> 01:43:27.940 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Sa ilalim ng panukalang pambansang budget, may P11.79 billion na inilaan para itaas ang pera. asr-000045 01:43:28.920 --> 01:43:31.800 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Tulad ng sinabi ko, sapat para sa P500. asr-000046 01:43:32.860 --> 01:43:40.860 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Nasa isang makasaysayang punto ang kongresong ito at maging ang Marcos Jr. Administration, asr-000047 01:43:42.500 --> 01:43:56.300 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: didinggin ba ng kongreso at ng administrasyon ang lehitimo at makatarungang panawagan ng ating mga guro at lahat ng iba pang government employees asr-000048 01:43:56.300 --> 01:44:10.220 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: na itaas ang pera to P5,000 per month o ipapaku ba ng kongresong ito sa P500 increase lamang, gagawing P2,500 yung P2,000. asr-000049 01:44:10.860 --> 01:44:20.600 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Noong nakarang linggo lamang, nagsumite ang kinatawang ito kasama ang Alliance of Concerned Teachers sa tanggapan ni Speaker Bojie D. asr-000050 01:44:21.820 --> 01:44:26.220 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: ng petisyon na may asr-000051 01:44:26.300 --> 01:44:36.480 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: 320,000 na pirma para itaas sa P50,000 ang sahod ng mga guro at itaas ang PERA sa P5,000 kada buwan. asr-000052 01:44:36.480 --> 01:44:55.480 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Mr. Speaker, nagawa ng Marcos Administration na paglaanan ng P40 billion para itaas ang subsistence allowance ng militar at pulis to P10,000 per month asr-000053 01:44:55.480 --> 01:45:04.100 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: nitong Fiscal Year 2026 sa General Appropriations Act ng 2026. asr-000054 01:45:05.300 --> 01:45:12.320 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Bakit naman ngayon binabarat ang 2 million government employees sa panawagang itaas ang PERA? asr-000055 01:45:13.600 --> 01:45:22.260 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Para maitaas, kailangan natin ng P70.77 billion para maabot yung P5,000 na hinihingi. asr-000056 01:45:23.160 --> 01:45:24.760 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Maaring i-realign. asr-000057 01:45:25.480 --> 01:45:42.740 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Ang P62.6 billion na LGU pork ng Presidente, for example, na napaka-kontrobersyal ngayon para punuan ang kulang para maitaas sa P5,000 ang PERA. asr-000058 01:45:44.140 --> 01:45:54.080 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Pangatlo, sa araw na ito, kinukondina natin ang karahasan at pasismo ng administrasyon laban sa mga guro. asr-000059 01:45:55.480 --> 01:46:25.320 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Nagsagawa ng mapayapang pagkilos ang mga guro sa Malacañang upang ipanawagan ang pagtaas ng sahod at pagtaas ng PERA. Magte-Teachers' Day pa naman, pero ano ang natanggap ng ating mga guro? Karahasan at paghablot sa mga hawak nilang mensahe at placard. asr-000061 01:46:25.480 --> 01:46:55.460 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Hindi lang ito. Noong Agosto, hinaras ng PNP ang mga guro sa Bicol na nagsagawa ng regional leadership training and seminar bilang bahagi ng kanilang union, ACT Region 5 Union, sole and accredited negotiating agent ng lahat ng guro sa Region 5. asr-000062 01:46:55.480 --> 01:47:25.440 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: May mga pulis na direktang nag-message at tumawag sa mga guro. May pinapunta pa sa police station. Kinuha ang listahan ng participants at inisa-isa sila. Nitong Setyembre, habang ipinagdiriwang ang National Teachers' Month, asr-000064 01:47:25.480 --> 01:47:55.460 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: pinasok ng PNP ang opisina ng All UP Workers Union Manila-PGH at All UP Academic Employees Union Manila Chapter. Tinakot at binalaan ng mga pulis tungkol sa paglahok sa protesta sa anibersaryo ng batas militar noong September 21. Ang mga gawaing ito ay nagpapatotoo asr-000065 01:47:55.460 --> 01:48:25.320 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: sa sinumiteng memorandum ng PNP sa Kongreso during the budget hearings, kung saan isa daw sa best practices ng NCRPO ang conduct of police-community relations activities and community engagements to discourage groups and individuals from joining anti-administration protests and rallies. asr-000067 01:48:25.420 --> 01:48:35.580 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Ibig sabihin, nakasulat na patakaran po ng PNP, sila mismo ang umamin na kasama sa gawain nila asr-000068 01:48:35.580 --> 01:48:45.320 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: ang paglapit sa iba't ibang mga organisasyon at individual para pigilang mag-rally, asr-000069 01:48:45.320 --> 01:48:54.320 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: ibig sabihin, para pigilan ang kanilang constitutionally guaranteed right na magtipon at magpahayag ng kanilang mga hinahing asr-000070 01:48:54.320 --> 01:49:24.300 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: sa gobyerno. Parang yung nangyari kahapon sa Mendiola. Dahas sa mga guro, kitang-kita po roon. Hindi lang tinulak sila kundi inagaw pa ng mga pulis ang kanilang mga placard. Nais talagang patahimikin ang mga guro sa pagpapahayag ng kanilang panawagan sa administrasyon. asr-000071 01:49:24.320 --> 01:49:54.300 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Kahit ngayon po, tingnan ninyo ang Mendiola: nakabarikada po. May mga container van, may yero, may concrete barricades, may pulis, may barbed wire, may batuta at shield. Para pong kampo, parang nasa panahon ng gyera ang buong paligid ng Malacañang. Ganyan ba ang sinasabi niyan sa isang pangulong tila takot asr-000072 01:49:54.300 --> 01:50:24.280 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: sa sariling mamamayan at sa mapayapang pagpapahayag ng kanyang mamamayan? Kaya muli, kinukondina po natin ang karahasan, pananakot, pangharas, panunupil sa malayang pagpapahayag, pag-organisa at pagkilos ng mga guro at mamamayan. Ikaapat na panawagan natin ngayong araw: taasan ang budget sa edukasyon. asr-000073 01:50:24.280 --> 01:50:54.260 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Sa National Expenditure Program, kinaltasan ng 5.3% ang budget para sa edukasyon. DepEd ang may pinakamalaking kaltas, 44.45 billion na budget cut. Pangunahing kinaltasan ang pondo para sa classrooms, pagbili ng textbooks at learning materials, at school-based feeding program. Walang pondong inilaan asr-000074 01:50:54.280 --> 01:51:24.260 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: para sa pagpapatupad ng ARAL Program at paglikha ng bagong plantilla positions para sa mga guro sa susunod na taon. Napakaliit din, wala pang 1%, ang dinagdag sa maintenance and other operating expenses, MOOE, ng mga pampublikong paaralan. Nasa 0.11% lamang ang dagdag sa operations budget para sa public elementary schools; asr-000075 01:51:24.280 --> 01:51:54.260 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: 0.38% para sa junior high school at 0.33% sa senior high school. Kung tutuusin, budget cut ito dahil di hamak na mas malaki ang kasalukuyang inflation rate na mahigit 6%. Ganoon din sa state universities and colleges, may MOOE budget cuts, tapos may tinatayang 4.8 billion na unpaid free higher education deficiency from 2026 to 2027. Kung ngayon pa lang ay may mga guro na asr-000076 01:51:54.280 --> 01:52:24.260 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: naglalabas mula sa sarili nilang bulsa, bumubunot mula sa sariling bulsa sa kakapusan ng budget, paano pa kaya sa budget na ito for 2027 na proposed ng Marcos Jr. administration? Kaya ang panawagan ng mga guro, kabataan at taong bayan: itaas sa 6% of GDP ang budget para sa edukasyon. Sa kabilang banda, asr-000077 01:52:24.280 --> 01:52:54.260 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: mas malaki pa ang inaprubahang dagdag na budget sa DPWH ng Budget Amendments Review Subcommittee, 11.49 billion, kumpara sa dagdag na 8.1 billion sa budget para sa edukasyon. Imbes na pondo sa edukasyon at sa pagtaas ng sahod at PERA ng mga guro at kawani, inuna pang dagdagan asr-000078 01:52:54.280 --> 01:53:15.900 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: ng at least 100.44 billion ang tinatawag nating pork barrel ng mga politiko. Sa kabuuan, ang BARSC ay nagdagdag ng 116.32 billion worth of amendments; 100.44 billion dito asr-000079 01:53:16.000 --> 01:53:19.380 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: ay matatawag nating mga pork barrel amendments. asr-000080 01:53:19.520 --> 01:53:27.100 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Ibig po sabihin, yung mga item na may discretion ang mga legislators mismo. asr-000081 01:53:28.080 --> 01:53:40.500 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Nabanggit na natin, yung sa DPWH, kasama din yan, yung sa MAIFIP ng DOH, yung 24.97 billion ang dinagdag. asr-000082 01:53:40.500 --> 01:53:47.400 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Yung AICS, 25.81. Yung Tupad ng Dole, nagdagdag ng 5 billion. asr-000083 01:53:48.540 --> 01:53:55.580 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Yung LGSF, yung kontrobersyal na Local Government Support Fund, dinagdagan pa ng 4.09 billion. asr-000084 01:53:56.500 --> 01:53:59.460 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Farm to Market Roads, 4.96 billion. asr-000085 01:54:00.340 --> 01:54:02.420 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: CHED, para sa mga scholarship. asr-000086 01:54:03.540 --> 01:54:07.160 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Yung Tulong Dunong Program, 1.77 billion. asr-000087 01:54:07.160 --> 01:54:09.300 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: At iba pa. asr-000088 01:54:10.500 --> 01:54:14.560 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Total, umaabot yan sa 100.44 billion. asr-000089 01:54:14.780 --> 01:54:25.100 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: At kailangan din banggitin, ang budget ng Kongresong ito mismo, House of Representatives, dinagdagan pa ng 5 billion. asr-000090 01:54:27.000 --> 01:54:38.820 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Samantala, sinabi nga natin, kapos na kapos ang budget sa edukasyon, sa kalusugan, para sa mga paaralan, para sa mga ospital, asr-000091 01:54:38.820 --> 01:54:42.580 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: para sa ating government employees. asr-000092 01:54:43.100 --> 01:54:51.220 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Kaya, bilang pangwakas, Mr. Speaker, hindi sapat ang salita at simpleng selebrasyon ng Teacher's Day. asr-000093 01:54:51.820 --> 01:54:58.500 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Kailangan natin kumilos para talagang madama ng mga guro ang pagkilala at pagpapahalaga asr-000094 01:54:58.500 --> 01:55:03.720 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: sa pamamagitan ng paglaan ng sapat na budget para sa edukasyon, asr-000095 01:55:04.480 --> 01:55:06.440 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: pagtaas ng sahod at benepisyo, asr-000096 01:55:07.040 --> 01:55:08.800 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: at paggalang sa karapatan ng mga guro. asr-000097 01:55:08.800 --> 01:55:16.660 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Patuloy na ipaglalaban at ipananawagan ang ACT Teachers Party List ng Alliance of Concerned Teachers asr-000098 01:55:16.660 --> 01:55:21.780 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: at ng malawak na hanay ng kaguruan, kasama ng iba pang government employees, asr-000099 01:55:22.440 --> 01:55:25.260 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: manggagawa at taong bayan ang sumusunod. asr-000100 01:55:26.140 --> 01:55:28.900 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Pondo sa edukasyon, hindi sa korupsyon. asr-000101 01:55:29.620 --> 01:55:33.240 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Itaas sa 6% of GDP ang budget para sa edukasyon. asr-000102 01:55:34.820 --> 01:55:38.460 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Remove aral program from regular teacher's load. asr-000103 01:55:38.800 --> 01:55:41.040 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Bigyan sila ng tamang kompensasyon. asr-000104 01:55:42.140 --> 01:55:43.380 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Stop the attacks. asr-000105 01:55:44.120 --> 01:55:45.540 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Hands off our teachers. asr-000106 01:55:45.780 --> 01:55:46.960 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Respect their rights. asr-000107 01:55:47.920 --> 01:55:54.220 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Makatao, inklusibo, at sapat na pondo para sa promotion ng mga guro. asr-000108 01:55:54.220 --> 01:55:59.140 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Doon sa tinatawag na ECT. asr-000109 01:56:00.400 --> 01:56:03.480 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Dagdag sweldo, hindi dagdag trabaho. asr-000110 01:56:04.480 --> 01:56:08.140 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Sahod ng guro, itaas 50k dapat. asr-000111 01:56:08.800 --> 01:56:12.420 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: 2-5 pera, hindi sapat. Gawing 5,000. asr-000112 01:56:13.020 --> 01:56:17.220 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Maraming salamat po, Mr. Speaker, at sa kapulungang ito. asr-000113 01:56:18.020 --> 01:56:25.460 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Higit sa lahat, Happy Teacher's Day at sa kamaong pagpupugay sa mga makabayang guro. asr-000114 01:56:26.220 --> 01:56:29.960 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Ang guro ng bayan, tuloy-tuloy ang laban. asr-000115 01:56:30.300 --> 01:56:31.580 Rep. Antonio L. Tinio: Maraming salamat, Mr. Speaker. asr-000116 01:56:32.680 --> 01:56:35.080 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Thank you, Honorable Tinio, Majority Leader. asr-000117 01:56:35.320 --> 01:56:38.780 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: Mr. Speaker, I move to extend the privilege hour for another 60 minutes. asr-000118 01:56:38.800 --> 01:56:43.660 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: To allow the other members who registered from the Committee on Rules to avail of the privilege hour. asr-000119 01:56:43.840 --> 01:56:44.560 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: I so move, Mr. Speaker. asr-000120 01:56:44.560 --> 01:56:47.800 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Is there any objection? The Chair hears none. Privilege hour is extended. asr-000121 01:56:48.740 --> 01:56:49.360 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Majority Leader. asr-000122 01:56:49.740 --> 01:56:55.340 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: Mr. Speaker, I move to recognize the lady from Kabataan Party, Representative Rene Co. asr-000123 01:56:55.940 --> 01:56:58.260 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: for her interpellation or manifestation. asr-000124 01:56:59.160 --> 01:57:01.500 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: The Honorable Rene Co. is recognized. Please proceed. asr-000125 01:57:02.420 --> 01:57:04.140 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Maraming salamat, Mr. Speaker. asr-000126 01:57:04.140 --> 01:57:08.540 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: At nandito po tayo upang magbigay lang. asr-000127 01:57:08.800 --> 01:57:17.700 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Maikling manifestasyon ng suporta sa privileged speech ng kagalang-galang na Representative Antonio Tinio asr-000128 01:57:17.700 --> 01:57:19.860 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: para sa World Teacher's Day. asr-000129 01:57:20.520 --> 01:57:27.500 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Napakahalaga ng papel ng guro para nga po buuwin ang kinabukasan ng bayan. asr-000130 01:57:28.060 --> 01:57:34.480 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Naalam po natin na ang mayorya dyan, kabataan, pag-asa ng bayan. asr-000131 01:57:34.480 --> 01:57:38.280 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: At hindi po magagawa ng mga guro ang kakayahan. asr-000132 01:57:38.800 --> 01:57:46.820 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Na ihulma ang kabataan kung sila mismo ay overloaded, underpaid, at ngayon nga po repressed asr-000133 01:57:46.820 --> 01:57:55.260 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: para ipaliwanag yung kanilang pagtingin na dapat po taasan na ang sahod ng mga guro. asr-000134 01:57:56.200 --> 01:58:02.160 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Kinukundin na rin po natin ang nakikita nating patuloy na kawalan ng kongkretong suporta asr-000135 01:58:02.160 --> 01:58:07.180 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: ng gobyerno para sa mga guro at kawani ng sektor ng edukasyon. asr-000136 01:58:07.640 --> 01:58:08.160 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Lalo na't pinagdiriwang asr-000137 01:58:08.800 --> 01:58:11.680 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: natin ang World Teachers' Day ngayong araw. asr-000138 01:58:12.440 --> 01:58:19.800 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Taon-taon na lang po ba na ang regalo ng gobyernong ito sa ating guro ay ang pagkakait ng disenting sweldo asr-000139 01:58:20.340 --> 01:58:26.440 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: habang patuloy nilang pinapasan ang epekto ng kawalan ng maayos na pasilidad at sapat na pondo? asr-000140 01:58:27.120 --> 01:58:33.520 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: And even worse than that, narinig nga po natin yung nangyari hindi lang ngayong araw pero kahapon asr-000141 01:58:33.520 --> 01:58:37.520 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: na panggigipit sa kanilang hindi lang karapatan, asr-000142 01:58:38.800 --> 01:58:45.500 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: pero kalayaan din na magpahayag ng kanilang saloobin, kahirapan, at syempre panawagan asr-000143 01:58:45.500 --> 01:58:51.760 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: na 50,000 dapat ang base salary ng ating mga public school teachers asr-000144 01:58:51.760 --> 01:58:56.660 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: and syempre sa dulo nito ay makamit yung mas mataas na benepisyo asr-000145 01:58:56.660 --> 01:59:02.620 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: kasama ng mas mataas na budget para sa sektor ng edukasyon. asr-000146 01:59:03.340 --> 01:59:08.500 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Hindi po katanggap-tanggap na lantaran ang paglustay sa bilyong-bilyong pondo para sa pork barrel. asr-000147 01:59:08.800 --> 01:59:14.860 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Gaya po even ng confidential and intelligence funds, flood control projects na centralized asr-000148 01:59:14.860 --> 01:59:22.280 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: at hanggang ngayon hindi pa rin po klaro kung paano ibibigay yung mga standards, qualifications asr-000149 01:59:22.280 --> 01:59:29.320 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: para hindi po ito prone to abuse and corruption at kahit po ang barangay development program ng NTFL-CAP. asr-000150 01:59:29.960 --> 01:59:33.020 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Subalit pagdating sa sahod ng mga guro at pondong pang-edukasyon, asr-000151 01:59:33.600 --> 01:59:36.540 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: laging sinasabi ng administrasyon na walang budget. asr-000152 01:59:37.180 --> 01:59:38.560 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Mula sa kulangan, asr-000153 01:59:38.800 --> 01:59:41.780 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: sa higit 160,000 na silidharalan, asr-000154 01:59:42.280 --> 01:59:44.240 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: sa kulangan sa kagamitan ng pagtuturo, asr-000155 01:59:44.600 --> 01:59:48.980 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: hanggang sa mabigat na administrative burdens na ipinapataw sa mga guro, asr-000156 01:59:49.480 --> 01:59:51.060 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: walang karagdagang bayad. asr-000157 01:59:51.700 --> 01:59:54.580 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Kaya po nananawagan kami sa Kongreso at sa Malacanang asr-000158 01:59:54.580 --> 01:59:58.340 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: na wakasan na ang pambabarat sa sektor ng edukasyon. asr-000159 01:59:58.880 --> 02:00:00.780 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Kasama po ang Kabataan Party List, asr-000160 02:00:00.780 --> 02:00:06.180 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: ang sektor na inaalagaan ng mga guro na dapat isertify as urgent asr-000161 02:00:06.180 --> 02:00:08.460 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: ang panukalang 50,000 pesos. asr-000162 02:00:08.800 --> 02:00:12.080 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Dapat ang entry-level salary para sa mga guro. asr-000163 02:00:12.080 --> 02:00:15.080 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: At syempre, itaas din ang pondo ng edukasyon, asr-000164 02:00:15.080 --> 02:00:20.800 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: gawin pong dapat katumbas ng 6% ng GDP ng Pilipinas. asr-000165 02:00:20.800 --> 02:00:24.320 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Huwag nating gawing taonang palabas ang Teacher's Day asr-000166 02:00:24.320 --> 02:00:27.800 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: habang ang mga tunay na bayani ng ating silidharalan asr-000167 02:00:27.800 --> 02:00:31.280 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: ay patuloy na nanlilimos sa makataong sweldo. asr-000168 02:00:31.280 --> 02:00:33.280 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Tuloy po ang ating panawagan, asr-000169 02:00:33.280 --> 02:00:35.280 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: pondo sa edukasyon at serbisyo, asr-000170 02:00:35.280 --> 02:00:37.280 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: hindi sa korupsyon at pasismo. asr-000171 02:00:37.280 --> 02:00:38.280 Rep. Renee Louise M. Co: Maraming salamat, Mr. Speaker. asr-000172 02:00:38.800 --> 02:00:41.800 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Thank you, Honorable Co. Majority Leader. asr-000173 02:00:41.800 --> 02:00:47.800 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: Mr. Speaker, I move to recognize the lady from Gabriela Party List, asr-000174 02:00:47.800 --> 02:00:49.800 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: the Honorable Sara Helago, asr-000175 02:00:49.800 --> 02:00:51.800 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: for her interpellation or manifestation. asr-000176 02:00:51.800 --> 02:00:53.800 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: The Honorable Helago is recognized. asr-000177 02:00:53.800 --> 02:00:55.800 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Please proceed. asr-000178 02:00:56.800 --> 02:00:58.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Maraming salamat, Mr. Speaker. asr-000179 02:00:58.800 --> 02:01:03.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Isang palaban at mainit na pagbati rin ng pandaigdigan na araw ng mga guro. asr-000180 02:01:03.800 --> 02:01:08.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Napakahalaga ng pakikiisa ng ating mga kinatawan, asr-000181 02:01:08.800 --> 02:01:11.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: mula sa mga distrito, sa mga party list, asr-000182 02:01:11.800 --> 02:01:15.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: pagtitiyak na nadadagdagan ang mas malakas na, asr-000183 02:01:15.800 --> 02:01:19.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: matibay na boses ng ating mga guro sa buong bansa asr-000184 02:01:19.800 --> 02:01:22.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: na nananawagan ng dagdag kita, asr-000185 02:01:22.800 --> 02:01:25.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: dapat P50,000 na entry-level monthly pay, asr-000186 02:01:25.800 --> 02:01:29.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: gayon din na hindi naman dapat dagdag trabaho. asr-000187 02:01:29.800 --> 02:01:35.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Sa katatapos lamang ng mga rounds ng konsultasyon ng representasyon na ito, asr-000188 02:01:35.800 --> 02:01:40.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: tungkol sa pagpapatupad ng Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Act, asr-000189 02:01:40.800 --> 02:01:49.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: marami din pong mga nagpahayag na mga guro na nagsasabi na maski po sila ay mga frontliners din asr-000190 02:01:49.800 --> 02:01:52.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: sa paglaban sa abuso sa tahanan, asr-000191 02:01:52.800 --> 02:01:59.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: sa pagtitiyak na ang mga bata, ang mga estudyante, ang mga learners na nakakaranas ng domestic violence asr-000192 02:01:59.800 --> 02:02:04.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: o nakakaranas po ng isang tahanan kung saan exposed sila. asr-000193 02:02:04.800 --> 02:02:08.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Sa ganung tipo ng karahasan sa loob ng tahanan, asr-000194 02:02:08.800 --> 02:02:17.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: ang mga guro din ang siyang una na tumutulong at nagtitiyak na marerefer sa nararapat na serbisyo ang ating mga bata asr-000195 02:02:17.800 --> 02:02:25.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: para makuha nila agad kung anumang legal, medical, psychosocial support ang kinakailangan. asr-000196 02:02:25.800 --> 02:02:31.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Hindi lang para sa mga bata, kundi para dun sa mga kanila pong mga nanay asr-000197 02:02:31.800 --> 02:02:34.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: o kaya doon sa nakakaranas ng abuso. asr-000198 02:02:34.800 --> 02:02:42.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: At yung kanila pong ginagawa na yan, wala pong dagdag na compensation, wala pong dagdag na honorarium, asr-000199 02:02:42.800 --> 02:02:47.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: walang dagdag na allowance, talagang yung pagmamahal doon sa serbisyo. asr-000200 02:02:47.800 --> 02:02:53.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Kinikilala po natin ang pagmamahal doon sa kanilang obligasyon, sa kanilang tungkulin, sa kanilang serbisyo, asr-000201 02:02:53.800 --> 02:03:03.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: pero nararapat lang naman na merong kinakailangan na kompensasyon doon sa natutumbasan na trabaho na ginagawa nila sa loob ng mga paaralan. asr-000202 02:03:04.800 --> 02:03:09.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Hindi po sapat ang thank you, hindi sapat ang recognition. asr-000203 02:03:09.800 --> 02:03:17.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Dapat merong solidarity through urgent action sa mga panukalang batas na matagal na nilang sinusulong dito. asr-000204 02:03:17.800 --> 02:03:24.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Dagdag kompensasyon, dagdag allowance para sa kanilang personal economic relief. asr-000205 02:03:24.800 --> 02:03:33.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Gayun din, yung mga issues tungkol sa mga class suspensions, kung panong hindi yan na maiipon sa mga guro ang iba't ibang mga gawain. asr-000206 02:03:33.800 --> 02:03:37.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Dati, ang mga class suspensions, wala po talagang klase. asr-000207 02:03:37.800 --> 02:03:45.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Ngayon, sila ho ay napipilitan o kaya naman biglang pinapapalit sa iba't ibang mga modalities online. asr-000208 02:03:45.800 --> 02:03:49.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: E sila din naman mismo ay apektado ng iba't ibang mga calamities. asr-000209 02:03:49.800 --> 02:03:56.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Kaya, ang araw na ito, mahalaga ho na tayong lahat magpapakita ng ating pakikiisa, asr-000210 02:03:56.800 --> 02:04:02.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: lalong-lalo na sa isang mahalagang issue na nabanggit ng representasyon mula sa ACT Teachers Party List. asr-000211 02:04:03.800 --> 02:04:08.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Ang karapatan sa pag-oorganisa, ang karapatan sa asosasyon ng ating mga guro. asr-000212 02:04:08.800 --> 02:04:15.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Mahalaga yan para hindi lang mas malakas ang kanilang panawagan, kundi sila mismo nagpapakita na sa kasaysayan, asr-000213 02:04:15.800 --> 02:04:19.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: ang dami na nilang tagumpay at mas marami pa silang maipapanalong laban. asr-000214 02:04:19.800 --> 02:04:23.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Maraming maraming salamat, Ginoong Speaker. Mabuhay ang mga makabayang guro. asr-000215 02:04:23.800 --> 02:04:28.800 Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago: Mabuhay ang ating mga gurong Pilipino sa buong bansa. Maraming salamat. asr-000216 02:04:28.800 --> 02:04:31.800 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Thank you, Honorable Ilago, Majority Leader. asr-000217 02:04:31.800 --> 02:04:33.800 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: Mr. Speaker, having no more interpellators, asr-000218 02:04:33.800 --> 02:04:39.800 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: I move to refer the speech of the Honorable Tinio to the Committee on Rules for its appropriate action. asr-000219 02:04:39.800 --> 02:04:43.800 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Is there any objection? The Chair hears none. Motion is approved. asr-000220 02:04:43.800 --> 02:04:52.800 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: The speech of the Honorable Tinio as well as the manifestations of the Honorable Co and Honorable Elago asr-000221 02:04:52.800 --> 02:04:57.800 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: is referred to the Committee on Rules for appropriate action. Majority Leader. asr-000222 02:06:24.000 --> 02:06:33.960 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: Mr. Speaker, I move to recognize the gentleman from TUCP Party List, the Honorable Raymond Mendoza, to avail of the privilege hour. asr-000223 02:06:34.820 --> 02:06:43.740 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: The Honorable Deputy Speaker, Representative Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza of Party List, TUCP, is recognized. Please proceed. asr-000224 02:06:43.740 --> 02:07:13.720 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Salamat [unclear], Speaker. Mr. Speaker, distinguished colleagues, mga kababayan, I rise today on a matter of personal and collective privilege concerning the Philippine fruit industry. For far too long, those who toil in our crop industries have been [unclear] to do asr-000225 02:07:13.740 --> 02:07:37.820 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: too much with so little. With [unclear] and often insufficiently targeted government support for research and development, and even less support for market development, promotion, and access, many of our farmers, growers, processors, exporters, have been left to fend for themselves in an increasingly competitive global market. asr-000226 02:07:38.820 --> 02:07:43.540 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: But we cannot ask them to carry this burden alone forever, Mr. Speaker. asr-000227 02:07:43.740 --> 02:07:52.200 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: The time has come for the government, and yes, tayo dito sa kongreso, to do much, much better. asr-000228 02:07:53.580 --> 02:08:01.500 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: It is time to stop asking our farmers to simply survive and start giving them the means to thrive. asr-000229 02:08:03.240 --> 02:08:11.680 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Just recently, I had the honor of joining our Department of Agriculture, DA, at the Asia Fruit Logistica. asr-000230 02:08:12.580 --> 02:08:13.500 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Asia Fruit. asr-000231 02:08:13.740 --> 02:08:28.500 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Logistica, this September, in Hong Kong, where the Philippines returned, for the first time in nearly a decade, to one of Asia's most important fresh produce trade platforms. asr-000232 02:08:28.980 --> 02:08:43.500 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Thousands of buyers, importers, retailers, distributors, growers, exporters, and logistic companies came together to build new partnerships and, of course, to find new markets. asr-000233 02:08:43.740 --> 02:09:13.040 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: We were there, under the invitation of the Filipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association, PBJA, and the Philippines Banana Council, Inc., the Durian Exporters Association of the Philippines, and soon, and bago lang, the National Mango Farmers and Stakeholders Federation, Inc., the Philippine Dragon Fruit Growers Association. asr-000239 02:09:13.740 --> 02:09:26.460 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: To open doors to our exporters and understand what international markets are looking for, and to demonstrate that Filipino farmers and producers can compete with the best in the world. asr-000240 02:09:28.200 --> 02:09:39.360 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Indeed, Mr. Speaker, the Philippines has the fruit, the farmers, the markets, but our problem is not the lack of potential. asr-000241 02:09:41.800 --> 02:09:43.720 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: But we have not yet asr-000242 02:09:43.720 --> 02:09:50.400 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: built the system and provided the investment that will realize our fullest potential. asr-000243 02:09:51.580 --> 02:10:06.300 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: In Davao del Norte, Mr. Speaker, and other major producing areas, banana production has been affected by pests and diseases, climate-related stresses and gaps, and gaps in timely interventions. asr-000244 02:10:06.760 --> 02:10:09.620 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Lower yields means less income for farmers. asr-000245 02:10:09.840 --> 02:10:13.600 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Less supply means higher prices for consumers. asr-000246 02:10:13.720 --> 02:10:22.900 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: And when supply falls, our exporters can lose markets that took years to build. asr-000247 02:10:24.220 --> 02:10:42.720 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Both desert bananas, such as the Lakatan, we're familiar with this, the Lakatan, the Senorita, the Latundan, as well as the cooking bananas, such as the Cardaba, the Sabah, and the Tinduk, have become more vulnerable to supply disruptions. asr-000248 02:10:42.720 --> 02:10:52.400 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: This is not only a banana industry problem or an agricultural issue, but a national competitiveness challenge. asr-000249 02:10:53.760 --> 02:11:00.040 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Our mango industry, Mr. Speaker, also faces a serious growing challenge. asr-000250 02:11:01.260 --> 02:11:08.660 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Despite the Philippine Carabao mango's long-standing reputation as a Guinness World Records now, as among the sweetest in the world, asr-000251 02:11:08.660 --> 02:11:12.560 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: our mango growers are battling the cecid fly, asr-000252 02:11:12.720 --> 02:11:15.460 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: or ang tawag diyan, kurikong, asr-000253 02:11:15.460 --> 02:11:17.800 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: a pest that leaves asr-000254 02:11:17.800 --> 02:11:19.200 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: unsightly brown, asr-000255 02:11:19.200 --> 02:11:27.880 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: scab-like lesions on the fruit, and if left unchecked, threatens to devastate as much as 80% of production. asr-000256 02:11:29.220 --> 02:11:42.700 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: This harsh reality has forced our growers to rely heavily on chemical pesticides, increasing production costs, while affecting both yield and marketability. asr-000257 02:11:42.720 --> 02:11:56.160 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: At this time, when competing mango production or producing countries such as Thailand and Vietnam are moving towards a stricter regulation and management of agrochemical use, asr-000258 02:11:56.160 --> 02:12:11.420 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: we need stronger research, safer intervention, and better technical support so that our farmers can protect the mango crop without sacrificing productivity, market access, asr-000259 02:12:11.420 --> 02:12:12.500 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: consumer confidence asr-000261 02:12:12.720 --> 02:12:17.760 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: For the long-term sustainability of this industry. asr-000262 02:12:19.440 --> 02:12:22.060 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Again, we also have the palm oil. asr-000263 02:12:22.940 --> 02:12:32.720 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Palm oil too is critical, critical not only to Davao, but to our own province of Cotobato and other areas of Mindanao, asr-000264 02:12:33.400 --> 02:12:39.840 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: where tens and thousands of hectares already have been identified as having a potential for palm oil development. asr-000265 02:12:39.840 --> 02:12:42.600 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: But we need, asr-000266 02:12:42.720 --> 02:12:44.080 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: the investment to unlock asr-000267 02:12:44.080 --> 02:12:46.420 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: it. An annual asr-000268 02:12:46.420 --> 02:12:48.620 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: allocation of 1 billion pesos for palm asr-000269 02:12:48.620 --> 02:12:50.260 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: oil development can help us asr-000270 02:12:50.260 --> 02:12:52.420 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: maximize the capacity of asr-000271 02:12:52.420 --> 02:12:53.580 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: existing palm oil asr-000272 02:12:53.580 --> 02:12:56.180 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: mills, expand production, asr-000273 02:12:56.680 --> 02:12:58.140 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: strengthen local value chain, asr-000274 02:12:58.560 --> 02:13:00.320 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and connect smallholder farmers asr-000275 02:13:00.320 --> 02:13:02.340 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: to sustainable and reliable asr-000276 02:13:02.340 --> 02:13:02.780 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: market. asr-000277 02:13:04.200 --> 02:13:05.820 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: And most importantly, asr-000278 02:13:05.820 --> 02:13:07.280 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: to reduce asr-000279 02:13:07.280 --> 02:13:09.340 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: rural poverty asr-000280 02:13:09.340 --> 02:13:11.320 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: in areas where unemployment, asr-000281 02:13:11.320 --> 02:13:13.280 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: under-employment, and asr-000282 02:13:13.280 --> 02:13:15.600 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: instability continue to present asr-000283 02:13:15.600 --> 02:13:16.920 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: serious challenges. asr-000284 02:13:18.520 --> 02:13:19.240 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Together, asr-000285 02:13:19.660 --> 02:13:21.700 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: we should turn Mindanao's asr-000286 02:13:21.700 --> 02:13:23.700 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: agricultural potential into a asr-000287 02:13:23.700 --> 02:13:25.520 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: lasting economic opportunity. asr-000288 02:13:26.380 --> 02:13:27.940 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: But we cannot asr-000289 02:13:27.940 --> 02:13:29.100 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: expect it. asr-000290 02:13:29.720 --> 02:13:31.140 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Expect a world-class asr-000291 02:13:31.140 --> 02:13:33.780 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: agricultural export if we asr-000292 02:13:33.780 --> 02:13:35.000 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: do not make a asr-000293 02:13:35.000 --> 02:13:37.920 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: world-class investment in agriculture. asr-000294 02:13:39.040 --> 02:13:39.720 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: For fiscal asr-000295 02:13:39.720 --> 02:13:41.200 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: year 2027, asr-000296 02:13:41.320 --> 02:13:43.900 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: high-value export asr-000297 02:13:43.900 --> 02:13:46.220 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: crops program of that asr-000298 02:13:46.220 --> 02:13:47.800 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: department, the Department of Agriculture, asr-000299 02:13:48.440 --> 02:13:50.200 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: has an allocation of asr-000300 02:13:50.200 --> 02:13:52.340 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: about 2.794 asr-000301 02:13:52.340 --> 02:13:53.560 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: billion pesos. asr-000302 02:13:54.200 --> 02:13:55.720 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: That is roughly 3 billion pesos. asr-000303 02:13:56.340 --> 02:13:57.360 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: 3 billion pesos asr-000304 02:13:57.360 --> 02:14:00.220 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: enough for a country to compete in a asr-000305 02:14:00.220 --> 02:14:01.340 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: multi-billion dollar asr-000306 02:14:01.340 --> 02:14:03.620 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: global agricultural market. asr-000307 02:14:04.500 --> 02:14:05.180 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Is it enough? asr-000308 02:14:06.120 --> 02:14:07.400 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Well, according to asr-000309 02:14:07.400 --> 02:14:10.420 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: FAO, the Food and Agriculture asr-000310 02:14:10.420 --> 02:14:10.860 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Organization, asr-000311 02:14:11.320 --> 02:14:13.620 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and it will astound you, asr-000312 02:14:13.620 --> 02:14:14.180 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Mr. Speaker, asr-000313 02:14:14.940 --> 02:14:17.400 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: in 2023, Indonesia exported asr-000314 02:14:17.400 --> 02:14:19.460 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: approximately 48 billion asr-000315 02:14:19.460 --> 02:14:21.580 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: dollars worth of agricultural asr-000316 02:14:21.580 --> 02:14:23.200 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: products. Thailand asr-000317 02:14:23.200 --> 02:14:25.740 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: exported 43 billion asr-000318 02:14:25.740 --> 02:14:27.360 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: dollars. Malaysia, asr-000319 02:14:28.000 --> 02:14:30.040 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: 29 billion dollars. asr-000320 02:14:30.860 --> 02:14:31.200 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Vietnam, asr-000321 02:14:32.100 --> 02:14:33.560 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: 20 billion dollars. asr-000322 02:14:34.340 --> 02:14:34.760 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: And asr-000323 02:14:34.760 --> 02:14:37.080 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: our very own asr-000324 02:14:37.080 --> 02:14:38.620 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Filipinas, asr-000325 02:14:38.620 --> 02:14:40.860 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: less than asr-000326 02:14:40.860 --> 02:14:41.300 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: 6 billion dollars. asr-000327 02:14:41.320 --> 02:14:45.420 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Indonesia exported asr-000328 02:14:45.420 --> 02:14:46.680 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: nearly nine times more asr-000329 02:14:46.680 --> 02:14:48.800 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: agricultural products than asr-000330 02:14:48.800 --> 02:14:50.620 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: the Philippines, and even asr-000331 02:14:50.620 --> 02:14:52.860 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Vietnam exported asr-000332 02:14:52.860 --> 02:14:55.240 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: almost four times more asr-000333 02:14:55.240 --> 02:14:55.920 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: than us. asr-000334 02:14:58.060 --> 02:15:00.180 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Again, our neighbors, our neighbors asr-000335 02:15:00.180 --> 02:15:02.340 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: have demonstrated what sustained asr-000336 02:15:02.340 --> 02:15:04.460 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: investment can accomplish. asr-000337 02:15:05.660 --> 02:15:08.240 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: They have invested in research, asr-000338 02:15:08.240 --> 02:15:10.000 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: built export industries, connected asr-000339 02:15:10.000 --> 02:15:11.760 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: farmers to global value chains. asr-000340 02:15:12.360 --> 02:15:14.180 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: For them, agriculture function asr-000341 02:15:14.180 --> 02:15:16.220 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: not merely as subsistence production asr-000342 02:15:16.220 --> 02:15:18.480 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: but as a competitive asr-000343 02:15:18.480 --> 02:15:20.540 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: economic sector. asr-000344 02:15:21.480 --> 02:15:22.480 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: So how long asr-000345 02:15:22.480 --> 02:15:24.540 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: will we continue to play catch-up? asr-000346 02:15:24.920 --> 02:15:26.300 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: And how long will asr-000347 02:15:26.300 --> 02:15:28.420 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: we ask our farmers to compete globally asr-000348 02:15:28.420 --> 02:15:30.200 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: while giving them asr-000349 02:15:30.200 --> 02:15:31.660 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: only the tools to compete asr-000350 02:15:31.660 --> 02:15:32.580 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: locally? asr-000351 02:15:34.020 --> 02:15:35.680 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Every Filipino farmer asr-000352 02:15:35.680 --> 02:15:38.220 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and the Philippine asr-000353 02:15:38.220 --> 02:15:40.140 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: fruit industry demand and deserve asr-000354 02:15:40.140 --> 02:15:42.320 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: better, especially from us, asr-000355 02:15:42.320 --> 02:15:42.920 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Mr. Speaker. asr-000356 02:15:43.900 --> 02:15:46.260 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Because if we truly want asr-000357 02:15:46.260 --> 02:15:48.320 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: a competitive Philippine fruit industry, asr-000358 02:15:48.560 --> 02:15:50.100 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: then we must find ways asr-000359 02:15:50.100 --> 02:15:52.020 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and means to ensure a asr-000360 02:15:52.020 --> 02:15:54.000 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: significantly higher budget asr-000361 02:15:54.000 --> 02:15:56.460 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: for research, pest management, asr-000362 02:15:57.280 --> 02:15:58.620 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: climate-resistant asr-000363 02:15:58.620 --> 02:16:00.540 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: or resilient agriculture, asr-000364 02:16:01.160 --> 02:16:01.900 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: modern planting asr-000365 02:16:01.900 --> 02:16:04.260 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: technologies, farmer capacity asr-000366 02:16:04.260 --> 02:16:06.340 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: building, post-harvest facilities, asr-000367 02:16:06.800 --> 02:16:08.040 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and export promotion and asr-000368 02:16:08.040 --> 02:16:09.260 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: global market intelligence. asr-000369 02:16:10.200 --> 02:16:11.760 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: But most importantly, asr-000370 02:16:13.020 --> 02:16:14.120 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: let us ensure asr-000371 02:16:14.120 --> 02:16:16.380 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: a meaningful role for farmers, asr-000372 02:16:16.940 --> 02:16:18.380 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: workers, industry, asr-000373 02:16:18.500 --> 02:16:20.220 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: government, asr-000374 02:16:20.520 --> 02:16:21.640 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and local communities asr-000375 02:16:21.640 --> 02:16:23.300 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: in determining where asr-000376 02:16:23.300 --> 02:16:25.500 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: these industries go. asr-000377 02:16:27.220 --> 02:16:29.280 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: This is why asr-000378 02:16:29.280 --> 02:16:31.760 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: I look forward, not only asr-000379 02:16:31.760 --> 02:16:33.700 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: to the continued support asr-000380 02:16:33.700 --> 02:16:35.720 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: of DA or Department of Agriculture asr-000381 02:16:35.720 --> 02:16:37.840 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: but also to the President's certification asr-000382 02:16:37.840 --> 02:16:40.200 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: as urgent as promised asr-000383 02:16:40.200 --> 02:16:42.000 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: of measures that will establish asr-000384 02:16:42.000 --> 02:16:44.500 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: the institutions our industries asr-000385 02:16:44.500 --> 02:16:45.420 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: urgently need. asr-000386 02:16:45.420 --> 02:16:47.500 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: From the development authorities asr-000387 02:16:47.500 --> 02:16:49.580 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: such as the Philippine Palm Oil Development asr-000388 02:16:49.580 --> 02:16:50.220 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Authority asr-000389 02:16:50.220 --> 02:16:53.260 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: to dedicated banana and mango asr-000390 02:16:53.260 --> 02:16:54.520 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: research centers, asr-000391 02:16:55.220 --> 02:16:57.420 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: all these are critical asr-000392 02:16:57.420 --> 02:16:59.700 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: to provide science, asr-000393 02:17:00.180 --> 02:17:01.820 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: coordination, technology, asr-000394 02:17:02.320 --> 02:17:03.760 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and market intelligence asr-000395 02:17:03.760 --> 02:17:05.780 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: necessary to craft asr-000396 02:17:05.780 --> 02:17:07.420 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: comprehensive industry development asr-000397 02:17:07.840 --> 02:17:12.020 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: roadmaps and more importantly asr-000398 02:17:12.020 --> 02:17:14.420 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: to turn those roadmaps asr-000399 02:17:14.420 --> 02:17:15.720 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: from plans on paper asr-000400 02:17:15.720 --> 02:17:17.420 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: into a concrete programs, asr-000401 02:17:17.760 --> 02:17:19.240 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: investments, jobs, asr-000402 02:17:19.240 --> 02:17:20.680 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and higher incomes asr-000403 02:17:20.680 --> 02:17:22.620 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: for farmers and workers. asr-000404 02:17:24.600 --> 02:17:26.960 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Because, Mr. Speaker, through it all, asr-000405 02:17:27.360 --> 02:17:29.200 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: the Filipino farmer has survived asr-000406 02:17:29.200 --> 02:17:31.160 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: storms, droughts, asr-000407 02:17:31.720 --> 02:17:33.740 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: diseases, market shocks, asr-000408 02:17:34.000 --> 02:17:34.720 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: rising costs, asr-000409 02:17:35.220 --> 02:17:36.220 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and changing markets. asr-000410 02:17:37.060 --> 02:17:37.820 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: What the farmer, asr-000411 02:17:37.820 --> 02:17:39.300 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: needs is a government asr-000412 02:17:39.300 --> 02:17:41.380 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and industry ecosystem asr-000413 02:17:41.380 --> 02:17:43.380 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: capable of matching the courage asr-000414 02:17:43.380 --> 02:17:45.580 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: with science, infrastructure, asr-000415 02:17:46.300 --> 02:17:48.180 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: financing, technology, asr-000416 02:17:48.840 --> 02:17:49.640 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: market access, asr-000417 02:17:49.880 --> 02:17:51.140 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and fair opportunities. asr-000418 02:17:52.100 --> 02:17:53.480 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: And the best measure asr-000419 02:17:53.480 --> 02:17:54.780 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: of this agriculture asr-000420 02:17:54.780 --> 02:17:57.760 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: success is by asr-000421 02:17:57.760 --> 02:17:59.280 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: how much farmers earn asr-000422 02:17:59.280 --> 02:18:02.080 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and how many Filipino jobs asr-000423 02:18:02.080 --> 02:18:03.280 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: we create. asr-000424 02:18:04.040 --> 02:18:05.860 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: How much value we add asr-000425 02:18:05.860 --> 02:18:07.320 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: here and asr-000426 02:18:07.320 --> 02:18:09.440 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: how strongly the Philippines asr-000427 02:18:09.440 --> 02:18:10.720 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: competes abroad. asr-000428 02:18:12.000 --> 02:18:13.400 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: At this point, Mr. Speaker, asr-000429 02:18:13.400 --> 02:18:15.280 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: I'd like to thank Yusek Young asr-000430 02:18:15.280 --> 02:18:17.360 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: of Philip Young asr-000431 02:18:17.360 --> 02:18:19.000 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: of Department of Agriculture. asr-000432 02:18:19.180 --> 02:18:20.360 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: He's doing a great job. asr-000433 02:18:22.000 --> 02:18:23.000 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: High-value crop asr-000434 02:18:23.000 --> 02:18:25.580 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: on the second, number two, asr-000435 02:18:25.700 --> 02:18:27.420 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: which only has 600 million asr-000436 02:18:27.420 --> 02:18:29.740 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: for the crops of banana, mango, asr-000437 02:18:29.840 --> 02:18:31.160 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: as well as coconut. asr-000438 02:18:32.220 --> 02:18:32.820 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: I hope asr-000439 02:18:32.820 --> 02:18:35.920 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: we've asked it before in a budget hearing. asr-000440 02:18:36.320 --> 02:18:37.080 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: I hope we can, asr-000441 02:18:37.320 --> 02:18:38.040 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: increase this. asr-000442 02:18:38.480 --> 02:18:40.700 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Todos to Yusek Philip Young. asr-000443 02:18:41.820 --> 02:18:42.620 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: And now, asr-000444 02:18:43.960 --> 02:18:45.400 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: together let us not only be asr-000445 02:18:45.400 --> 02:18:46.360 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: the house of people, asr-000446 02:18:46.480 --> 02:18:47.620 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: but the house of farmers asr-000447 02:18:47.620 --> 02:18:50.080 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: to build a Philippine fruit industry asr-000448 02:18:50.080 --> 02:18:51.980 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: that does not merely export asr-000449 02:18:51.980 --> 02:18:52.800 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: its harvest, asr-000450 02:18:53.400 --> 02:18:54.740 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: but Filipino enterprises asr-000451 02:18:54.740 --> 02:18:55.640 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and excellence. asr-000452 02:18:56.640 --> 02:18:58.480 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: So that behind every Filipino fruit, asr-000453 02:18:58.780 --> 02:19:00.520 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: in every shelf around the world, asr-000454 02:19:01.120 --> 02:19:02.800 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: that there be a Filipino farmer asr-000455 02:19:02.800 --> 02:19:04.860 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: who earns more asr-000456 02:19:04.860 --> 02:19:06.440 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and a Filipino family asr-000459 02:19:06.940 --> 02:19:09.200 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: that has a better future. asr-000460 02:19:10.200 --> 02:19:10.800 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Because, asr-000461 02:19:11.260 --> 02:19:14.020 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: because our objective remains one asr-000462 02:19:14.020 --> 02:19:15.180 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and the same. asr-000463 02:19:16.180 --> 02:19:17.540 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: We increase the value asr-000464 02:19:17.540 --> 02:19:20.000 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: of every fruit we produce asr-000465 02:19:20.000 --> 02:19:21.380 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: and the income asr-000466 02:19:21.380 --> 02:19:23.300 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: of every Filipino asr-000467 02:19:23.300 --> 02:19:25.620 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: who helps produce it. asr-000468 02:19:26.300 --> 02:19:26.660 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Thank you. asr-000469 02:19:26.660 --> 02:19:28.800 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. asr-000470 02:19:29.040 --> 02:19:30.360 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Mabuhay for the workers asr-000471 02:19:30.360 --> 02:19:32.220 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: of the fruit industry. asr-000472 02:19:32.780 --> 02:19:33.180 Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza: Thank you. asr-000473 02:19:33.680 --> 02:19:36.680 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Thank you, Deputy Speaker Raymond. asr-000474 02:19:36.940 --> 02:19:38.120 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Democrito Mendoza. asr-000475 02:19:38.940 --> 02:19:39.840 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Majority Leader. asr-000476 02:19:40.180 --> 02:19:40.740 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: Mr. Speaker, asr-000477 02:19:40.880 --> 02:19:42.180 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: I move to refer the speech asr-000478 02:19:42.180 --> 02:19:43.320 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: of the Honorable Mendoza asr-000479 02:19:43.320 --> 02:19:44.540 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: to the Committee on Rules asr-000480 02:19:44.540 --> 02:19:45.720 Rep. Patrick Michael D. Vargas: for its appropriate action. asr-000481 02:19:46.160 --> 02:19:47.120 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Is there any objection? asr-000482 02:19:47.880 --> 02:19:48.680 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: The Chair hears none. asr-000483 02:19:48.980 --> 02:19:49.920 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Motion is approved. asr-000484 02:19:50.520 --> 02:19:52.780 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: The speech of the Honorable Deputy Speaker asr-000485 02:19:52.780 --> 02:19:54.340 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Raymond Democrito Mendoza asr-000486 02:19:54.340 --> 02:19:56.360 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: is referred to the Committee on Rules asr-000487 02:19:56.360 --> 02:19:57.440 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: for appropriate action. asr-000488 02:19:57.920 --> 02:19:58.540 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Majority Leader. asr-000489 04:27:37.000 --> 04:27:39.600 Secretary-General: House Resolution 1501 asr-000490 04:27:39.600 --> 04:27:42.560 Secretary-General: Resolution requesting the Honorable Senate of the Philippines asr-000491 04:27:42.560 --> 04:27:44.800 Secretary-General: for consent to extend the plenary session asr-000492 04:27:44.800 --> 04:27:46.400 Secretary-General: of the House of Representatives asr-000493 04:27:46.400 --> 04:27:48.060 Secretary-General: to October 12, 2026 asr-000494 04:27:48.060 --> 04:27:51.160 Secretary-General: for the purpose of considering the General Appropriations Bill asr-000495 04:27:51.160 --> 04:27:53.280 Secretary-General: for Fiscal Year 2027 asr-000496 04:27:53.280 --> 04:27:55.000 Secretary-General: on third and final reading asr-000497 04:27:55.000 --> 04:27:59.420 Secretary-General: by Representatives D. Faustino, Marcos, Libanan, and Sonsing Micaela Angela asr-000498 04:27:59.420 --> 04:28:00.900 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: To the Committee on Rules asr-000499 04:28:00.900 --> 04:28:19.530 Secretary-General: Committee reports. Committee Report No. 654 submitted by the Committee on Higher and Technical Education on House Bill No. 11579. Committee Report No. 655 submitted by the Committees on Public Works and Highways, Appropriations, and Ways and Means on House Bill No. 11597. asr-000499-split-2 04:28:19.530 --> 04:28:23.830 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: To the Committee on Rules. Majority Leader. asr-000500 04:28:27.000 --> 04:28:40.760 Rep. Arnan C. Panaligan: Mr. Speaker, I move that we consider House Resolution No. 1501, and may I request that the Secretary be directed to read the title of the said resolution. asr-000501 04:28:41.500 --> 04:28:52.980 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Is there any objection? The Chair hears none. Motion is approved. Secretary General is directed to read the title of House Resolution 1501. asr-000502 04:28:52.980 --> 04:29:11.780 Secretary-General: House Resolution 1501, Resolution Requesting the Honorable Senate of the Philippines for Consent to Extend the Plenary Session of the House of Representatives to October 12, 2026, for the purpose of considering the General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2027 on Third and Final Reading. asr-000503 04:29:13.300 --> 04:29:14.240 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Majority Leader. asr-000504 04:29:14.660 --> 04:29:18.900 Rep. Arnan C. Panaligan: Mr. Speaker, I move to adopt House Resolution No. 1501. asr-000505 04:29:18.900 --> 04:29:22.900 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: There is a motion to adopt. asr-000506 04:29:22.980 --> 04:29:28.920 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: To adopt House Resolution 1501. asr-000507 04:29:29.680 --> 04:29:31.480 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: All those in favor, say aye. asr-000508 04:29:32.720 --> 04:29:34.560 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: All those against, say nay. asr-000509 04:29:35.540 --> 04:29:36.580 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: The ayes have it. asr-000510 04:29:37.220 --> 04:29:41.480 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: House Resolution 1501 is hereby approved. asr-000511 04:29:42.140 --> 04:29:43.060 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Majority Leader. asr-000512 04:29:43.060 --> 04:29:52.720 Rep. Arnan C. Panaligan: Mr. Speaker, I move that we transmit immediately House Resolution No. 1501 to the Senate of the Philippines. asr-000513 04:29:52.980 --> 04:29:55.320 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Is there any objection? The Chair hears none. asr-000514 04:29:56.500 --> 04:29:57.360 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Motion is approved. asr-000515 04:29:58.480 --> 04:29:59.340 Deputy Speaker Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano: Majority Leader.