Speaker Martin Romualdez has proposed declaring the Daang Maharlika (Maharlika Road, also known as Pan-Philippine Highway), the road network which stretches from Laoag City in northern Luzon to Zamboanga City in Mindanao, as the 'National Food Highway' to perk up the country's agriculture. Romualdez, along with Tingog Sinirangan Representatives Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre, filed House Bill No. 8197, or the proposed National Food Highway Act of 2023, aiming to utilize the 3,379.73-kilometer highway as a 'platform' to develop agriculture-related businesses in local communities along the route.

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