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Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Thursday, December 12 stood pat on the decision of the bicameral conference committee to provide zero subsidy budget for Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) saying it should be a “wake-up call” for the state health insurer that has...

House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Vice President Sara Duterte (Speaker’s office, Facebook)                 So upset were some House of Representatives members over Vice President Sara Duterte's total snub of the plenary budget debates that they sought to give...

President Duterte has dared the Senate to make good of its supposed threats to slash the allocations of certain agencies amid the ongoing 2022 national budget hearings of the legislative chamber. JUST DO IT--President Duterte challenges the Senate to significantly reduce the budgets of certain...