Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 23:22:57 +0000
“Imperial” Metro Manila will continue to receive a bigger slice of the spending pie in the proposed 2019 national budget, while the Visayas and Mindanao will suffer cuts, according to the Bayan Muna party-list group.
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MANILA, Philippines — As consumers braced for higher oil prices and a new round of excise tax on fuel products, lawmakers urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to release its “long overdue” memorandum itemizing oil prices in the country to identify overpricing companies. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi ordered the unbundling of prices of petroleum products […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 03:18:30 +0000
The passport data mess could have been prevented if passport printing was not subcontracted to a private company, Bayan Muna said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 06:26:12 +0000
Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate hit Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Thursday for aeemingly holding hostage state workers’ salary increase.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 09:17:54 +0000
The House of Representatives was among the country’s institutions that witnessed the more, if not the most, exhilarating events this year.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 06:53:08 +0000
The Balangiga Bells was finally returned to the Philippines. But a congressman has found the arrival of the historical artifact lacking.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 06:15:58 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc said on Tuesday that the existence of pork in the 2019 budget and the squabble between allies of President Rodrigo Duterte show that the government’s drive against corruption is pretentious. According to Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, the pinpointing between economic managers and the House of Representatives […]
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Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate and the group’s senatorial bet Neri Colmenares denounced on Tuesday the “insulting” P25 wage hike in the National Capital Region (NCR) amid the 6.7 percent October inflation rate in the country. Zarate said the 6.7 percent rate of increase in prices of basic commodities was a “testament” to the Tax […]
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