Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, assisted by Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., Mindanao Development Authority Secretary Leo Teroso Magno, Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre, Marino Party-list Rep Sandro Gonzalez, PBA Party-list Rep. Margarita “Migs” Nograles and Dumper Party-list Rep. Claudine Bautista-Lim, leads the distribution of assistance packages of 38 participating government agencies following the opening of Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) at the University of Southeastern Philippines Gymnasium and Cultural Center in Davao City Thursday (Sept. 5, 2024). More than 200 district and party-list House members also attended the event.
IF sessions will be held in Davao City today, the House of Representatives would have more than a quorum.
To witness the flow of government services and financial assistance at the grassroots level, a total of 183 lawmakers joined the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) in Davao City Thursday marking yet another successful service caravan in terms of attendance of government officials.
The House of Representatives contingent to the Davao City BPSF is led by Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, with Tingog Reps. Yedda K. Romualdez and Jude A. Acidre, DUMPER PTDA Rep. Claudine Diana D. Bautista-Lim, PBA Rep. Margarita “Migs” Nograles and MARINO Rep. Sandro L. Gonzalez taking point as co-organizers of the event.
“Ating ikinagagalak ang patuloy na pagtangkilik ng mga mambabatas sa ating BPSF. This is especially timely since we are now in the budget season and every House member here sees the importance of allocating funds for government services and financial assistance programs,” Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez said.
“Ngayon, hindi na tayo mahihirapang kumbinsihin ang ating mga kasama sa Kongreso kasi nakikita naman nila ng personal kung paanong nakakatulong sa ating mga kababayan ang bawat pisong inilalaan natin sa ating social amelioration programs tulad ng AICS, AKAP, TUPAD at iba pa,” the leader of the 300-plus members House of Representatives added.
Davao City is the 23rd stop of the BPSF, and the service caravan was locally spearheaded by Sec. Leo Tereso Magno, the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chief.
So far, in the one-year history of the BPSF, the one in Tacloban was by far the largest in terms of attendance by House members, as it reached a total of 242 representatives, 12 governors, three vice governors, nine mayors and 16 officials from the executive department.
Among the House leaders present are Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. and Deputy Speaker David “Jay-jay” Suarez.
“Nanggaling pa sa iba’t ibang panig ng Pilipinas ang mga mambabatas na pumunta sa Davao City at nagpakita ng suporta sa BPSF, mula sa Luzon, Visayas at Mindanao. At nakita ng ating mga kababayan ang unity ng mga opisyal ng gobyerno sa Ehekutibo at Lehislatura. Ito ang esensya ng Bagong Pilipinas,” Speaker Romualdez said.
A total of P1.2 billion worth of government services and financial aid was rolled out to 250,000 beneficiaries during the BPSF in Davao City. (
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