Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:30:13 +0000
A measure institutionalizing state intervention in curbing hunger and poverty moved a step closer to becoming law after the Senate on Tuesday approved it on third and final reading.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:46:03 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Senate Bill No. 2117 or the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act was approved on second reading on Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:40:02 +0000
The Senate has approved on third and final reading four bills – the Magna Carta of the Poor, creation of the Senior Citizens Commission, survivorship benefits children of deceased retired officials of constitutional offices bill and the bill exempting small-scale miners from paying income and excise taxes when selling gold to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
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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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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 04:58:39 +0000
The Catholic Church has the right to speak out against the “different forms of degradation of human dignity,” Senator Leila de Lima said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:46:42 +0000
Increasing the tobacco tax to P70 per pack could curb cigarette consumption among Filipinos and would raise funds for the Universal Health Care (UHC) programs of the government, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 02:49:45 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — There will be no “deadlock” in the 2019 national budget,” Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has assured on Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:12:18 +0000
Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Monday thanked Filipinos and his colleagues for their support in his World Boxing Association welterweight title defense against American challenger Adrien Broner.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 08:17:23 +0000
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday said he will oppose the bill seeking to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) from 15 to 12 years old if it reaches the Senate floor.
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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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