Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday formally filed a measure seeking to provide public schools students from Kinder to Grade 12 and daycare centers free breakfast directly coming from the produce of local farmers and fisherfolk.

The Free Breakfast Program and Sustainable Agriculture Act— a campaign promise of Pangilinan during the 2025 midterm elections—-topped the returning senator’s 10 priority legislative measures for the 20th Congress.

Under the unnumbered bill, daily nutritious and fortified breakfast meals shall be provided to all public school children, adhering to national dietary and nutritional guidelines set by the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Nutrition Council (NNC).

The meals shall also be culturally appropriate and responsive to local food preferences.

Not less than 50% of the produce required for the school feeding program shall also be directly procured from accredited local farmers and fisherfolk, or their cooperatives and associations, “to ensure fresh, quality products, support local economies, and implement the spirit of the Sagip Saka Act.”

The Department of Education (DepEd), in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for daycare centers, will be the head agency of the program.

Also included in Pangilinan’s top 10 bills are the Agricultural Land Conversion Ban Act, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act, National Mangrove and Forest Protection Act, Anti-Ticket Scalping Act, and the Confidential and Intelligence Funds Accountability Act.

Energy, labor

First-term Senator Rodante Marcoleta on Thursday also filed his first 10 measures for the 20th Congress, topped with an act exempting electricity sales from value-added tax.

He is also proposing an act protecting Filipino consumers from arbitrary price increases of liquified petroleum gas; an act establishing a national emergency policy and regulatory framework for facilities utilizing waste-to-energy technologies, and an act exempting the underprivileged and homeless from the required payment of supersedeas bond, among others.

Meanwhile, Senator Raffy Tulfo led off his priority bills with the proposed Wage Theft Law, followed by the Anti-Abuse of Pakyawan (piece-rate) Workers Act.

Tulfo is also seeking measures that would strictly enforce the wearing of body-worn cameras during law enforcement operations, as well as limit the collection of travel tax.

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, on the other hand, filed the proposed Filipino Identity in Values Act, which aims to institutionalize a national program on values formation, etiquette, and civic responsibility through the creation of a Commission on Filipino Values and an Inter-Faith Council.

Cayetano also filed the Anti-Online Gambling Advertisement Act of 2025 which seeks to ban all forms of online gambling promotion across print, broadcast, digital, and outdoor media.

He also proposed the Health Passport System Act, the Emergency Response Department Act, and Trust Fund for the Abandoned, Neglected, or Voluntarily Committed Child Act.