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The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Tuesday, Sept. 24, denied claims that lawmakers were made to wait 17 hours during the House plenary debate on its 2025 budget proposal.   “OVP didn’t make congressmen wait for 17 hours,” a statement from Vice President Sara Duterte's office read....

The Senate on Tuesday, November 21 ended the plenary debates on the proposed P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2024 at 4:42 a.m. in the morning.    Senators pose for a brief photo opportunity after ending the long period of debates for the proposed P5.768-trillion 2024...

The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN)             The House of Representatives will have extended work weeks for the rest of the month in a bid to stay on track with its target passage date of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or...

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Thursday, June 8, said that the only viable course of action for Congress to fix some serious errors in the “hastily-approved” Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill is to recall its approval and bring it back to the plenary session for...