The Office of the President (OP) has assured senators that it will prioritize and speed up government programs and projects whose funds were identified as "for later release" (FLR), as well as the "institutional amendments" of lawmakers in this year's national budget. Senator Juan Edgardo 'Sonny'...
Young Filipino students who were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic should take advantage of the benefits under Republic Act No. 10917 or the Expanded Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) law and get their education back on track, Senator Sonny Angara said on Sunday. Angara...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara It is that time of the year again when we in Congress start buckling down to work on what some consider to be the most important law year in and year out—the country’s national budget. To emphasize just how important this measure is, in the Senate, the...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has expressed support for Senate Bill (SB) 1764 or the proposed Use of Digital Payments Act that allows the digital collection of taxes and fees, payments, and other disbursements. File photo SB 1764 mandates the use of digital payment in the collection of taxes,...
Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday, Sept. 15 urged state economic managers to provide more flexibility in the proposed P5.024-trillion budget, saying the utilization of next year’s fund resources should be able to keep pace with developments on the COVID-19 pandemic. “With the emergence of Delta...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara By the time this column comes out, two of the country’s biggest e-commerce platforms — Lazada and Shopee — would be wrapping up their respective “9.9” (September 9) online sales, where customers can purchase almost anything at either discounted rates or...
Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday said he is optimistic the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers, which seeks to uphold the rights of Filipino seafarers would soon become a law. Angara noted, the measure, Senate Bill No. 2369, has been languishing in the legislative mill for over a decade now. “We have...
Government agencies should not be afraid of being called out by the Commission on Audit (COA) if they did nothing wrong or had no intention of doing so. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on COVID-19 vaccination program on July 12, 2021. (Screenshot courtesy of RTVM livestream)...
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 1 named six political personalities being paired as her possible runningmate in the 2022 presidential race but the list excludes Sen. Imee Marcos whom her father, President Rodrigo Duterte claimed to have made a bid to become her vice presidential...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Thursday, Sept. 2 clarified he has no plans to run for vice president in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. In a statement, Angara said he is honored to have his name crop up in election discussions but said he is focused on his work in the Senate...
Senators agreed that there should be a review of the procedures in tapping the Department of Budget and Management's Procurement Service (DBM-PS) and the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) for buying supplies for government agencies. Senator Juan Edgardo 'Sonny' Angara (Senate...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara The Duterte administration has enacted several decisive measures aimed at making government processes simpler, more efficient, and more responsive to the Filipino peoples’ needs. One was signed last July — R.A. 11573, which simplified our land titling system by...
