The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill revitalizing the salt industry and achieving salt self-sufficiency. With 287 affirmative votes, 0 negative without abstentions, lawmakers approved the proposed Philippine Salt Industry Development Act, which seeks to make the country a net exporter of salt, and attain increased income for salt farmers, producers and investors. The bill will now be transferred to the Senate for its own deliberations. The measure is listed by the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) as one of the priority legislation of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

Dela Cruz, J. M. (2023, May 30). Salt industry development bill now up for Senate deliberations. BusinessMirror, p. A5.