Around P10 billion is needed to lease about 100,000 vote-counting machines (VCMs), former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) During a television interview on Thursday, June 2, Garcia...
Taguig-Pateros 1st district Representative and former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano continues to post impressive numbers in senatorial race surveys, and the latest Publicus Asia poll conducted last April 19 to 21 is no exception. Taguig-Pateros 1st district Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano (Facebook)...
Former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano led the filing Thursday, March 31 of a bill that would institutionalize his earlier proposal of requiring different government agencies to set aside five percent in budgetary savings for the proverbial "rainy days". (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
There's no need for the government to release a "one-time, big-time" cash assistance or "ayuda" of P10,000 to each Filipono family should it raise enough funds for it. (Photo from Alan Peter Cayetano’s Facebook) Thus, said former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, who noted Thursday, March 24...
Saying that the government should do "much better", former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has pitched a way for the state to muster enough funds so it can give each Filipino family P10,000 in direct cash aid or "ayuda". (Unsplash) Not only that, but Cayetano said there will also be P50 billion...
Who should take the heat from the apparent non-usage of some P4.9 billion worth of financial aid that Congress had set aside last year for the Covid-19 pandemic-stricken tourism sector? Photo from LRay Villafuerte’s Facebook page) That's essentially what former deputy speaker, Camarines Sur 2nd...
Eligible workers of government will be given a one-time service recognition incentive (SRI) of not more than P10,000, Malacañang announced on Monday afternoon, Dec. 27. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) The release of the cash incentive was authorized by President Duterte via administrative order (AO)...
President Duterte has committed an additional P10 billion to assist the provinces that felt the wrath of typhoon "Odette" over the weekend. President Rodrigo Duterte (center) presides over a meeting with local officials of Negros Occidental, uniformed personnel, and officials from the national and...
We wonder, how heavy were the coins? Posted early on the evening of October 20 are photos of a man named Manny Herrera of Bacoor, Cavite who dropped by the shop in Metro Manila to purchase a bicycle. What the netizens, and even bicycle enthusiasts, love about the post is that Herrera brought...
A total 10,458 beneficiaries have received the P10,000 cash aid under the Sampung Libong Pag-Asa program initiated by former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and the Balik sa Tamang Serbisyo sa Kongreso group of congressmen. Rep. Alan and Lani Cayetano Latest to receive the much-needed cash...
