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With the “politician’s initiative” killed by a presidential order, the P12-billion fund in the Commission on Election’s (Comelec) 2024 budget earmarked for a plebiscite should now be used for other purposes, Senator Chiz Escudero said. At the hearing of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation chaired by Senator Imee Marcos, Escudero disclosed […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) failed to answer a lot of questions from Senator Raffy Tulfo regarding some projects affecting the oppressed Indigenous peoples (IPs) during the Senate deliberations on the proposed 2024 budget of said agency recently. Tulfo noted that one of the projects that did not follow due process and […]
The series of security attacks on government websites has prompted Makati City 2nd District Representative Luis Campos Jr. to press for up to P3 billion in additional funding to build up the capabilities of the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC). “We must bolster the CICC with all the necessary cutting-edge technologies to swiftly produce actionable […]
House Human Rights Committee Chairperson Benny Abante Jr. on World Food Day said that the additional P40 billion Congress has allocated to improve irrigation in the country will help boost the productivity of the agricultural sector and rein in rising food prices that make it more difficult for millions of Filipino families to eat three […]
AKO BICOL Party-list Representative Zaldy Co, chairman of the House appropriations committee, said he “will work with our colleagues in the Senate to look for more sources of funds for the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT).” “We recognize the dire need for the DICT for resources to fight cybercrime and ransomware attacks. For […]
Malacañang is asking for P1.6 billion in the 2024 national budget to “accelerate the issuance of the National Identification Cards” but Senator Chiz Escudero said he will ask “at what speed will it be done and will it be fast enough to overtake the backlog”. The proposed funding is lodged in the proposed P8.8 billion […]
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) warmly welcomed newly appointed Secretary of Health (SOH) Teddy Herbosa to its 8th Regular Board Meeting. The Health Secretary is the ex officio non-voting Chairperson of the PhilHealth Board of Directors, its highest governing body. He joins 10 other ex officio and expert panel members currently in service. “We […]
With the legislative approval of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), Camarines Sur Rep. and National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte said the 19th Congress has opened the gateway to an alternative, potentially huge source of investment funds that would let the national government (NG) spend bigger on its big-ticket programs to shore up President […]
Senator Chiz Escudero has filed a proposed bill that will enable the Office of the Ombudsman to retain at least 30% of the value of the ill-gotten assets acquired from the forfeiture cases that the government won in courts against corrupt public officials as a move to augment the financial resources of the country’s graft […]
Senator Chiz Escudero said that the latest version of the proposal seeking to create the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) has better chances of passing in the Senate after key changes to the measure meant to raise funds for the government. According to Escudero, he already signed the committee report reflecting the major amendments to the […]