Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (PPAB) The urgency to enact the national budget on time justifies not having lawmakers ratify corrections to the bicam report just before the budget measure gets signed by the President.Marikina City 2nd...
Senator Loren Legarda on Friday, July 12 expressed confidence that the Senate's concurrence to the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) between Japan and the Philippine government would strengthen the country's commitment to maintain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Legarda...
The Senate may recommend to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. the withdrawal from the recently-ratified Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) if it is proven to be detrimental to the Philippine economy.
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (2nd from right) and...
Ratification by the Senate of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement will generate 1.4 million jobs by 2031.
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda stressed this after defending the RCEP agreement during the period of...
The Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) strongly supports the immediate ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) by the Philippine Senate to strengthen the country's ties and partnerships with other nations.
"We believe that the objective of the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has led his congressmen-colleagues in expressing their full support for the immediate ratification by the Senate of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) deal.
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook)
"By immediately ratifying the...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri and Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda have vowed to pursue the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) even as they committed to ensure that the concerns of farmers on the world's biggest free...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri believes there would be 16 votes or two thirds of the 24-member Senate to ratify the controversial Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement.
Zubiri made this assessment after a sub-committee of the Senate foreign relations committee held...
Farmer groups maintain their opposition against the Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (RCEP) as Senate resumes its deliberations Tuesday, Feb. 7, with the executive branch strongly pushing for the country's participation in the mega trade deal.
Already, top officials of the Department...
The House of Representatives has ratified the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the proposed P5.268-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or national budget for 2023.
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker's office)
The House did so during plenary session at past 6 p.m....
Voting 16-0, the Senate on Wednesday concurred in the ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
Sixteen senators voted yes, there were no negative votes but six of them abstained during the voting on the approval on third reading of Senate Resolution No. 960.
The Philippines adopted...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) hailed the Congress' ratification of a bicameral committee report on a bill seeking to simplify the country's adoption process.
(Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA / STAFF / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
The DSWD described as a "milestone...
