Some senators on Wednesday, December 11, expressed their sadness over some provisions in the final version of the General Appropriations Bill (GAB) which proposes a P6.352-trillion national budget for next year. This, even as the Upper Chamber, led by Senate President Francis...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook, PPAB) The Bicameral Conference Committee decided to keep the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) budget at P733 million under the proposed P6.352-trillion...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Bicameral Conference Committee approved on Wednesday morning, Dec. 11 the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB)--the biggest outlay in the country’s history. This, after ranking members of the...
The bicameral conference committee tasked to reconcile the conflicting provisions of the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 have agreed to hold an “open bicam” during the next meeting. Sen. Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, said both the...
Only a few major differences will be tacked by the bicameral conference committee on disagreeing provisions of the 2025 budget according to Senate Finance Committee Chair Senator Grace Poe. Sen. Grace L. Poe delivers her opening remarks as the head of Senate panel and chairperson of the Committee...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) The Bicameral Conference Committee need not complicate the reconciling process for the P6.352-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2025. Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez on the first day of...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (PPAB) CALBAYOG CITY, Samar—Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo says the House of Representatives' contingent to the Bicameral Conference Committee for the proposed 2025 national budget...
(AFP) The House of Representatives on Monday, Sep. 9 ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes (ASLs) bill, bringing it one step closer to its enactment by President Marcos. Pangasinan 3rd...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, August 13 called on lawmakers to observe full transparency in the upcoming deliberations on the proposed 2025 national budget. Hontiveros made the call during the Senate Committee on Finance’s first briefing on the proposed...
(AFP) The House of Representatives and the Senate on Thursday, June 27, has achieved consensus to approve the two chambers’ joint version of a bill that seeks to impose value-added tax (VAT) on non-resident digital service providers, Albay 2nd district...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from YouTube live) If pro-divorce solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman would have his way, he would pick a unicameral legislature over the current bicameral set-up of Philippine...
Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay on Sunday, February 18 expressed her support to proposals seeking to review the current process adopted by the Senate and House of Representatives during the bicameral conference committee level when approving the final version of the national budget. ...