Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:03:28 +0000
Malacañang on Thursday hailed the passing on final reading by the House of a bill that would legalize the use of medical marijuana.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:17:46 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate conferees to the bicameral conference have requested the cancellation of debates on the proposed P3.8 trillion 2019 national budget scheduled Tuesday, House appropriations panel chair Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. said.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:07:45 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives is ready to “own up” and specify their amendments in the proposed P3.8 trillion national budget for 2019, appropriations committee chair and Camarines Sur 1st District Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:44:54 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The House appropriations committee on Tuesday approved a motion to issue a show-cause order against Budget Sec. Benjamin Diokno for continuously snubbing the chamber’s inquiry into issues hounding the 2019 national budget.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 06:05:25 +0000
The bicameral conference committee (bicam) on the 2019 national budget on Monday agreed to re-prioritize some portions of the proposed budget which the Senate has branded as an “institutional amendment” and “not pork.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 05:38:19 +0000
Among the branches of government, it was only the Senate that received a “very good” net satisfaction rating in the fourth quarter of 2018, a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) revealed.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:15:42 +0000
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading a bill that seeks to legalize and regulate the use of medical cannabis (marijuana) and expand research into its medicinal properties.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 05:50:49 +0000
The House of Representatives on Wednesday finally turned over P8-million worth of cash to the Philippine National Police (PNP), completing its P13-million share in the P50-million bounty for the speedy resolution of Ako Bicol Rep. Rodel Batocabe’s murder.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:51:07 +0000
Some children as young as six years old are already involved in the illegal drugs trade, President Rodrigo Duterte claimed on Tuesday, a day after a House panel approved a bill that would lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 9.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:51:07 +0000
Some children as young as six years old are already involved in the illegal drugs trade, President Rodrigo Duterte claimed on Tuesday, a day after a House panel approved a bill that would lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 9.
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