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VILLAFUERTE: HOUSE TO GIVE FINAL OK ON BAYANIHAN 2 THIS WEEK

The House of Representatives is set to approve on third and final reading this week the proposed Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, with the hope that Congress will have provided President Rodrigo Duterte by September with special powers anew to best deal with the apparently protracted global health and economic crisis spawned by the […]

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STIMULUS PACKAGE TO ADDRESS INFLUX OF RETURNING OFWS — ABANTE

House Minority Leader Benny Abante Jr. on Wednesday reiterated the Minority Bloc’s “wholehearted” support for the P1.6 trillion Philippine Economic Stimulus Act (PESA), a measure necessary to address the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic that has affected the whole world and will result in the return of thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).According to […]

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SENATE TO STUDY NEED FOR POWER SECTOR FINANCIAL STIMULUS PACKAGE – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian has filed a resolution to determine the short, medium, and long-term effects of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) on consumers of electricity and the power sector. Likewise, Gatchalian is calling for an inquiry if it’s necessary for Congress to craft a financial stimulus package for the power sector to ensure continuous and […]