00:00With Super Cyclone Fong Wang forecast to hit right smack at the Luzon mainland this weekend,
00:06House Solons are mulling greater protection and assistance for the nation's farmers
00:09and encouraging more aggressive and out-of-the-box solutions or stopgaps.
00:15Our Melilis Moras has more.
00:18With typhoons hitting the Philippines one after another,
00:22House Committee on Agriculture and Food Chair Mark Enverga
00:25emphasized the need to strengthen protection for farmers
00:28who are often among the most severely affected by natural disasters.
00:32He said one of the measures that can be implemented is to reform the country's crop insurance system.
00:39He emphasized that whenever calamities strike,
00:41the government must ensure that assistance is always ready for distribution.
00:46We have bills na meron nga yung pinatawag na weather-based index crop insurance.
00:51So, for example, yun, napakahalaga nun na medyo may mga bagong sistema na dapat ma-introduce dito
01:00para masiguro po natin na sa anumang panahon,
01:04malakas ang loob ng ating mga farmers na sila yung makapagtanim
01:08dahil meron susuporta sa kanila na crop insurance ng national government.
01:12Meanwhile, Akbayan Partialist Representative Percy Sendanya is pushing for a proposed law
01:17that promotes nature-based solutions.
01:19With the worsening effects of climate change,
01:22he stressed the importance of taking more aggressive actions.
01:25Sa pagbalik na kongreso, ipapailan natin,
01:28you need nature-based solutions.
01:30Paano natin mamamanage ang impact ng climate change?
01:33At paano natin matitiyak na ligtas ng ating mga kababayan?
01:35Kasabay nito, pinapanawagan natin,
01:37on top of nature-based solutions,
01:39sa lalong madaling panahon,
01:40dapat mayroon magkaroon na tayo ng isang Land Use Act sa Pilipinas.
01:44At kasabay niyan, ipasa na rin sa lalong madaling panahon
01:46yung pinal natin na Alternative Minerals Management Bill.
01:50At present, the country is preparing for the upcoming typhoon named Uwan.
01:54Some lawmakers have assured their respective districts are ready
01:58with relief operations all set up.
02:00We're preparing already.
02:02We already did inventory of whatever we have at the moment.
02:05We're confident, no, na-unood,
02:08at siyempre, as long as ayos yung navigational date namin,
02:12we hope to be able to manage it.
02:14Melales Moras from the National TV Network
02:17for a new and better Philippines.
