Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa underscored the need to update the 11-year-old Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act (Republic Act No. 10591) in a bid to “further advocate responsible gun ownership and ensure the government’s right to regulate the same". Sen. Ronald...
Senators on Thursday, Dec. 12, approved on second reading the bill reorganizing the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) into the Department of Economy, Planning and Development (DEPDev). Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs,...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (PPAB) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel criticized the ratification of the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget, as he cited changes in funding...
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...
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...
Rice prices from earlier this year (MANILA BULLETIN) The quinta-committee (quinta-comm) of the House of Representatives has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the role of middlemen in the alleged manipulation...
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...
Next year's midterm elections could temper government expenditures due to a scheduled ban on new spending, such that the Cabinet-level Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) has urged prompt disbursements as well as implementation of programs and projects under the proposed...
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...
After holding seven hearings, the House Committee on Good Governance and Public Accountability will introduce sweeping reforms in the use of confidential funds as it wraps up its investigation into Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged P612.5-million confidential fund misuse. The said...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives, through the vaunted quinta-commiittee (quinta-comm), won't hold treat anyone as sacred cows in its bid to stop the practice of price manipulation of basic goods....
