Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:28:28 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading a measure aimed at reducing the cost of electricity, and three other bills, including one that will institutionalize the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino (4Ps) program.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:09:43 +0000
Sin tax advocates trooped to the Senate in Pasay City to call on senators to pass the bill seeking higher excise tax on tobacco products.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 04:52:32 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte is “dismayed” over the delay in the passage of the 2019 national budget Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 02:19:14 +0000
The passage of the 2019 budget is dim before the adjournment of Congress this week unless legislators agree on their shares of the “pizza pie.”
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Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 02:04:41 +0000
The Senate began on Monday its inquiry into certain killings in the country, particularly of public officials.
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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 07:02:14 +0000
While reelectionist Senator Grace Poe continued her lead in the pre-election surveys, former police chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa failed to land in the so-called “Magic 12” of a new commissioned poll of the Social Weather Stations (SWS).
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 08:36:02 +0000
Senators defended the institutional amendments in the proposed 2019 national budget.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:22:10 +0000
A House deputy minority leader on Friday tried to turn the tables on Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, calling him a “hypocrite” for allegedly throwing a monkey wrench into the bicameral discussions on the proposed P3.8-trillion budget for 2019 by accusing House leaders of allocating P160 million in pork to each lawmaker.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:46:53 +0000
Senator Francis Pangilinan said Atty. Salvador Panelo is like a “Chinese puppet” for his remarks siding with China in most of his statements.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:20:51 +0000
Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday officially withdrew from the Senate race after submitting his Statement of Withdrawal
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