House Appropriations Committee chair Rolando ‘Nonoy’ Andaya Jr. (Camarines Sur) is confident that the proposed 2019 national budget will pass not only the test of constitutionality and legality but also of transparency and accountability as the enrolled copy has been finally transmitted to President Duterte for his signature.
Malacanang assured on Tuesday President Rodrigo Duterte will “do the right thing” as soon as the enrolled spending bill is submitted to him.
MANILA — Some senators have expressed their support for the Duterte administration’s proposed localized peace talks with communist rebels.
Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will let the three-man panel from the House of Representatives figure out how to resolve the stalemate with the Senate over the proposed 2019 national budget.
House Majority Leader Fredenil Castro on Sunday defended Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from accusations she was responsible for the delay in the passage of the 2019 budget.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Friday the government should also reveal the names of celebrities allegedly linked to illegal drugs.
House Appropriations Committee chair and Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. is open to the proposal of the Senate President Vicente Sotto III for a special session of Congress to finally beak the longstanding budget impasse between the Senate and the House of Representatives
House Majority Floor Leader Fredenil Castro has accused the Senate leadership of allegedly trying to sabotage the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte for intentionally derailing the approval of the proposed 2019 national budget.
President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to meet with leaders of both houses of Congress Tuesday evening to resolve issues hounding the 2019 national budget.
The country’s congressional leaders led by former President and now House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo together with Senate President Vicente Sotto III meet with Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
The regularization of over 200,000 workers will not push through as the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) was called off.
MANILA — Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday called for the activation of the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council (BADAC) in all barangays nationwide to guard the country’s shoreline and prevent the entry of illegal drugs.
Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray visited the Senate on Tuesday for a courtesy call to Senate President Vicente Sotto III.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III wants the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) as the sole enforcer of “Fire Code of the Philippines” or Republic Act 9514.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday stressed the need to revitalize the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) following President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto of some key legislative measures.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday said he does not consider the May 2019 mid-term elections as a referendum on President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday backed Senator Panfilo Lacson’s call for President Rodrigo Duterte to use his line-item veto power to remove the alleged “pork” insertions of lawmakers in the proposed 2019 national budget.
MANILA — Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday said the chamber would not implement stricter rules on public access to the statements, assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALNs) of its members.
House committee on appropriations chairman Rolando Andaya Jr. on Wednesday said he was against the proposal of Senate President Vicente Sotto III to just let the 2019 budget be reenacted from the previous year.
House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said on Wednesday she still wants the 2019 General Appropriations Bill to “come out before it’s too late” following a proposal to just keep the reenacted budget from last year.
With the revelation that senators put in P190 billion of their own amendments in the proposed 2019 budget, Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday said he’d rather have the budget reenacted from last year’s appropriations.
The Supreme Court (SC) set down rules for the conduct of oral arguments concerning the petitions which sought to stop the martial law extension in Mindanao.
A measure aimed at creating a commission for the elderly is nearing passage at the Senate.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday pushed for the lowering of the age of criminal responsibility at 12 years old instead of 9 years old under a controversial bill pending in the House of Representatives.
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