Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 08:42:06 +0000
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III was wary of a “monkey wrench” that would be thrown at the proposed abolition of the Road Board.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 05:48:29 +0000
THE government is considering the use of “special road funds” to finance the cleanup and rehabilitation of Manila Bay, Malacanang said on Tuesday. The use of the road users’ tax…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 23:12:36 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte wants to use funds from the multibillion road user’s tax for flood control projects in Bicol, which suffered severe flooding and landslides due to Tropical Depression “Usman.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 10:34:22 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte wants the almost P30 billion road users’ tax be used for flood control projects in the Bicol region.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 04:26:42 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Congress bicameral conference committee (bicam) for the abolition of the Road Board should be reconvened to ensure that the controversial road user’s tax would not be “corrupted or wasted,” Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri maintained on Thursday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 09:11:34 +0000
The bicameral conference committee need not reconvene to tackle the Road Board abolition, says Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 21:22:32 +0000
Zubiri said the two chambers could meet on Jan. 14, when the legislative session resumes
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 21:38:53 +0000
Its death would not save the Road Board from an investigation to uncover the irregularities that led to calls for its abolition
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 12:21:43 +0000
“To further strengthen” the dissolution of the Road Board, Senator Miguel Zubiri has called for the re-convening of the bicameral committee.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 09:27:39 +0000
MALACANANG is pleased that the House of Representatives has decided to heed President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to abolish what the Chief Executive described as the “corrupted” Road Board. Palace spokesman…READ
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