Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 04:56:18 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Expect Senate candidates to be even more visible starting Tuesday, February 12, when the official campaign season kicks off.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 04:48:19 +0000
Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Otso Diretso senatorial candidates would focus their legislative agenda on easing the lives of Filipinos.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 03:32:58 +0000
Former Deputy Speaker Erin Tañada questioned the move to veto a bill which would have strengthened the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA).
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:30:41 +0000
Senators opposing the P3.8-trillion national budget allegedly stuffed with pork on Friday
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:16:55 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday added former senator Jinggoy Estrada to the list of his preferred senatorial candidates
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:21:26 +0000
The 17th Congress ratified the P3.757-trillion 2019 national budget on Friday, just before it goes on recess for the 2019 midterm elections.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:58:22 +0000
The Senate finally ratified the P3.8-trillion national budget for 2019 allegedly tainted with “pork” insertions.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 10:28:31 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Senate committee on ways and means has agreed, in principle, to raise the excise tax on tobacco products, Senator Sonny Angara said on Friday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 08:16:27 +0000
The budget impasse is now over after the Senate-House conference committee signed and approved Friday the final version of the P3.8-trillion 2019 national budget.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 07:39:58 +0000
Malacañang has backed the decision of Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to skip the House appropriations committee hearing on the 2019 budget.
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