Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 03:36:22 +0000
The House energy panel approved on Tuesday the “Murang Kuryente” bill, which seeks to source P123 billion from the Malampaya fund to pay the debts of the National Power Corporation (NPC) that is now being charged to consumers’ monthly electricity bill.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 08:43:04 +0000
Human rights group Karapatan vehemently opposed lowering the age of criminal liability from 15 to nine and stressed that it will “exacerbate the already dangerous situation of Filipino children.”
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 02:43:22 +0000
From allies of the former leadership of the House of Representatives, “pork” allocations had been allegedly transferred to lawmakers allied with the incumbent House leadership.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 09:07:29 +0000
House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has expressed support for the passage of the bill aimed at lowering the age of criminal liability of children from 15 to nine years old.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 07:25:44 +0000
Documents gathered by the House rules panel have shown that in 2018 alone, the Department of Budget Management Procurement Service (DBM-PS) conducted the bidding of more than P37-billion government contracts for consultants, Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said Thursday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 04:08:50 +0000
A lawmaker is pushing for a government audit reform summit to tackle the need to update the 40-year-old State Audit Code of the country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:46:48 +0000
House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. has accused the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) of illegally bidding out last year around P198-billion worth of government contracts, including big-ticket infrastructure projects that form part of the “Build, Build, Build Program.”
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:20:44 +0000
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Wednesday said that allowing motorcycles to operate as a public utility vehicle needs further study.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 03:24:59 +0000
“Common sense, real reform, and transparency” won in the agreement to genuinely abolish the Road Board, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said Wednesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:09:41 +0000
A legislator and former police official has thrown his support for an Iloilo policeman allegedly mauled by Iloilo Rep. Richard Garin Jr.
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