PUBLiCUS Asia Inc.'s 2022 End of the Year poll showed that “Kadiwa ng Pasko,” a national caravan where basic goods are sold at a lower price, emerged as the top approved program of the national government in the fourth quarter of 2022. In a public briefing on Friday, Dec. 16, PUBLiCUS Asia Inc....
The General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2023 worth P5.268-trillion ensures that there would be sufficient financial aid for the sectors who were greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Sonny Angara said on Friday, December 16. Angara, Senate Finance Committee chairman, said Congress has...
Senator Francis ‘’Tol’’ Tolentino on Friday, December 16, said it is the call of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to decide whether to relay to Chinese President Xi Jinping the "unfriendly" acts of the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) in retrieving a debris from a Chinese rocket that fell...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Thursday, December 15 said a presidential certification of the Maharlika Fund bill as urgent is clearly an abuse already of presidential prerogatives and powers. ‘’Hence I sincerely hope, for the sake of the Rule of Law, that President Marcos will...
The P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023the first full-year outlay of the Marcos administrationwill be "immediately deployed" for the benefit of Filipinos. (MANILA BULLETIN) Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez who held a briefing with Manila-based reporters in Brussels, Belgium on...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said the Senate did not receive any instruction from President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to expedite the passage into law of the proposed sovereign wealth fund or the Maharlika Wealth Fund bill. "In fairness to the President he never instructed me to...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has given a time frame for the possible singing of the P5.268-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2023. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (2nd from left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (rightmost) In a short address during his Christmas blowout...
The Marcos administration’s first national expenditure program underwent thorough scrutiny and was subject to intense debates by lawmakers before it was ratified. Senate Finance Committee chief Senator Sonny Angara gave this assurance when he presented the bicameral conference committee report on...
A House leader is pursuing the institutionalization of the "Kadiwa" store project, which the Marcos administration is banking on heavily to keep prices of fresh produce and other food products down. (Unsplash) Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman filed House Bill (HB) No.5601, which is the...
Senator Joseph Victor ‘’JV’’ Ejercito said today that the Philippines needs to reconsider the establishment of nuclear power in the country. ‘’We need to bring down cost of energy for our economy to be able to fully develop and at same time address the issue of climate change and global...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta thinks that a Cabinet official of the Marcos administration might get bypassed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) due to lack of time. SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Facebook) In an interview over state-run Radyo Pilipinas over the weekend,...
Days after the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) grilled Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo over his American citizenship and a libel conviction, Benguet Lone District Rep. Eric Yap on Sunday, Nov. 27, lauded him as an “asset” to the Marcos...
