Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) The country’s agricultural sector will take an indirect hit if the P6.2-billion budget cut suffered by 30 state universities and colleges (SUCs) won't get restored under the P5.768-trillion...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has welcomed the approval of the consolidated version of the House Bill No. 8400 (HB 8400), Act Institutionalizing and Expanding the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) to a Jobs Creation Plan, and the Senate Bill No. 2035 (SB 2035), Act Establishing...
Razon-led MORE Electric and Power Corporation is expanding the base of its customers that have been availing of refund for their bill deposits, in compliance with the mandate of the Energy Regulatory Commission. In a statement to the media, MORE Power indicated that at least 175 customers already...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has received a formal appeal from the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to restore P91 billion in its capital outlay under the P5.768-trillion General...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Thursday, September 21, said he is not inclined to support the measure seeking to make absolute divorce legal in the Philippines. According to Villanueva, he still prefers annulment and declaration of nullity of marriage instead of making divorce or...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has guaranteed the passage on third and final reading next week of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed national budget for 2024. ...
President Marcos on Wednesday, Sept. 20, certified the “necessity of the immediate enactment” of House Bill (HB) No. 8980, which is the 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or the P5.768-trillion proposed national budget for 2024. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential...
President Marcos has certified as urgent the bill that would protect farmers and fisherfolk from unscrupulous traders and importers amid rising prices and shortages of agricultural products due to what he called "nefarious acts." File photos/Malacañang Marcos signed the letter to Senate...
The Philippines is now poised to join other countries that honors and recognizes divorce. This, after a Senate panel approved the measure that provides absolute divorce in the Philippines. Senate Bill No. 2443, or the proposed “Dissolution of Marriage Act”, expands the...
Filipino caregivers, who are regarded as some of the best in the world, should be given competitive compensation and benefits, and good working conditions to lure them to work in the Philippines, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said. Citing data from Indeed, a local career website, the CHR...
The national government sold all the short-term debt papers it offered, taking advantage of lower interest rates. On Monday, Sept. 18, the Bureau of the Treasury held a successful auction for Treasury bills (T-bills), raising P15 billion, the intended target. The total bids received...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or national budget for 2024 is ready to enter the final stage of deliberations in the House of Representatives. "This budget will serve as a cornerstone for...
