All is not lost as President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. still has the power to ask the bicameral conference committee to reconvene and fix all the contentious items in the final version of the P6.532 trillion national budget for 2025, Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said. Zubiri...
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...
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...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILABULLETIN) After eight marathon hearings, the House quad-committee (quad-comm) is ready to produce a partial committee report on its findings on the alleged extrajudicial...
The bicameral conference committee on Monday, December 11, has drafted the final version of the proposed P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2024. The bicameral conference committee report on the 2024 General Appropriations Bill has been approved by the Senate and House...
The Senate has ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. 2224 and House Bill No. 4125 or the proposed Ease of Paying Taxes Act. The bill primarily seeks to amend provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 to simplify the...
Senator Grace Poe on Monday, February 20 said the Senate Committee on Public Services' report on the New Year's Day air traffic fiasco would be ready for plenary discussions next week. According to Poe, the past management of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and some...
"A Senate President never does that." Vice presidential candidate Senator Vicente Sotto III addresses the crowd during proclamation rally in Imus, Cavite. Vice presidential candidate Senate President Vicente Sotto III stressed this point to give emphasis to his earlier statement that he would...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chief Senator Richard Gordon on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte can be charged for inciting to sedition and possibly even grave coercion for his role in the questionable P8-billion COVID-19 pandemic supply contract entered into by the government with Pharmally...
