Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:30:19 +0000
The government could have a new budget by the middle of next week depending on how fast the senators could convince their colleagues in the House of Representatives to give up the billions of pesos in pork
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Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 05:30:36 +0000
Saying that the Philippines is not a safe place and citing alleged threats to his life, Trillanes sought an exemption from the gun ban.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 04:51:44 +0000
Senator Grace Poe on Thursday said she welcomed the abolition of the Road Board provided certain amendments proposed by both Senate and the House of Representatives would be opened for discussion and debate at the bicameral session.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:51:32 +0000
The government can take over the shipyard of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Corp. Philippines which has declared bankruptc.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 03:35:16 +0000
The Department of Tourism (DOT) should use “storytelling” to attract more foreign visitors to the country, Senator Sonny Angara said.
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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: eestopace| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:28:40 +0000
Congressional leaders have agreed to introduce only “short and simple” amendments to the bill that seeks to abolish the Road Board.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 06:31:35 +0000
Malacañang is not opposing the Senate’s move to delete the P75 billion additional fund for the 2019 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 05:34:48 +0000
Games Sunday (Pasig City Sports Center) 3 p.m. – PITC vs Malacañang-PSC 5 p.m. – NHA vs Senate Defending champion Senate recovered from a sluggish second quarter show and beat the PITC, 65-59, at the start of the quarterfinals of the 7th UNTV Cup held over the weekend at the Pasig City Sports Center. The […]
Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 01:50:46 +0000
The DPWH has rejected Senator Grace Poe’s appeal to reconsider the closure and rehabilitation of the Estrella-Pantaleon bridge.
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