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HOUSE APPROVES BILL EXTENDING VALIDITY OF 2019 NAT’L BUDGET

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a priority measure which seeks to extend the availability of some portions of the 2019 budget until December 31, 2020. With 199 affirmative votes, zero negative votes, and no abstention, the lower chamber adopted House Joint Resolution No. 19 seeking to extend the availability […]

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PREPAID LOAD CREDITS SHOULD NOT EXPIRE – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for the removal of the expiration period on all denominations of prepaid load credits to be used for telecommunications services. Gatchalian recently filed Senate Bill No 365, or the Prepaid Load Forever Act of 2019, which seeks to prohibit all Public Telecommunications Entities (PTEs) and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) […]