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The proposed P4.1 trillion national budget for 2020 now only needs the signature of President Rodrigo Duterte to be enacted into law after the Senate ratified the bicameral conference committee report on House Bill 4228 or the General Appropriations Bill (GAB). The House of Representatives had earlier ratified the national expenditure plan. The Senate swiftly […]
The House of Representatives has ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P4.1-trillion General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2020. This development came after the bicameral conference committee approved the proposed 2020 budget on the same day. Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said the budget that was passed has “no pork, no parked funds, and […]
Two enabling legislations prescribing the order of presidential succession have been introduced in the Senate. The twin moves made by Senators Koko Pimentel III and Ping Lacson seek to provide an order of presidential succession giving the President the power to delegate if those named as presidential successors in the Constitution could not perform their […]
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian warned against a potential government takeover of the debt-ridden Korean company Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines (HHIC-Phil), stressing that the best option is to attract established shipbuilders to operate the firm. Gatchalian said it is “not prudent” for government to take over Hanjin, given its poor track record in taking over […]