Capiz’s Castro on speakership:  Interested but not serious

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 11:39:01 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – House Majority Leader  and reelected Capiz 2nd District Rep. Fredenil Castro on Tuesday said he is interested in becoming the Speaker of the lower house but is not serious in gaining the fourth-highest post in the country.

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Villar sees more jobs, positive economic outlook after budget OK

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 05:08:23 +0000

Senator Cynthia Villar expects more employment opportunities and a positive economic outlook after the enactment into law of the 2019 nudget

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Sotto: A reenacted budget will erase all ‘pork’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:52:09 +0000

Sotto: A reenacted budget will erase all ‘pork’

he President Rodrigo Duterte will have Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto’s support should the Chief Executive decides to veto the budget.

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Storage ITC Bill Gains Key Industry Backers

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:37:26 +0000

Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House that would expand the federal solar investment tax credit (ITC) to energy storage technologies has gained the backing of major trade groups  representing the solar, hydropower, and wind sectors. The Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act (H.R. 2096), introduced on April 4 by Reps. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.), […]

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Sotto to seek Duterte’s veto of entire 2019 budget bill if…

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 11:30:19 +0000

Sotto to seek Duterte's veto of entire 2019 budget bill if...

MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Vicente  Sotto III is ready to ask President Rodrigo Duterte to veto the entire 2019 General Appropriations BIll (GAB) if indeed the Senate also made realignments even after it was ratified by Congress.

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Senate, House reach ‘some progress’ on 2019 budget but deadlock stays

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 06:33:58 +0000

Senate, House reach ‘some progress’ on 2019 budget but deadlock stays

Congress still failed to break the deadlock on the 2019 General Appropriations  Bill (GAB) even after a meeting on Monday.

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Sotto: Door is now open for possible ‘cure’ to budget impasse

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 03:59:09 +0000

Sotto: Door is now open for possible ‘cure’ to budget impasse

With the recall of the House of Representatives’ version of the 2019 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), the door is now open for a possible “cure” to the impasse.

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