Five lawmakers have jointly filed a resolution seeking the revocation of legislative franchises of electric cooperatives that have failed to fulfill their mandate of ensuring a reliable and affordable electricity supply.
House Committee on Appropriations chairperson and Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co said the proposed P5.768 trillion national budget for 2024 highlights three legacy projects of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. raised the need for the government to build flood control infrastructures to reduce the consequences of climate change.
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has issued a memorandum requiring live selfies in the SIM card registration.
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary John Ivan Uy on stressed the need for the agency to be granted P300 million in confidential funds next year so it could go after scammers.
The government is putting up more cold storage facilities to preserve fish quality, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said.
Senator Bong Go clarified his ties to an alleged cult leader in Socorro, Surigao del Norte after a photo of them together with other senators surfaced.
Senator Risa Hontiveros has called for an investigation into the existence of a dangerous cult in Socorro, Surigao Del Norte that recruit children to be raped and forced into marriages.
The government has allocated P38.75 billion for the digitalization of government processes and transactions in the proposed 2024 budget.
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Tuesday said suspending value-added tax (VAT) and excise tax on petroleum will hurt the economy and reduce revenues by PHP72.6 billion just in the last quarter of this year.
