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(Eagle News)–The bicameral conference panel approved on Wednesday, Dec. 11, the report on the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for next year. The signing took place at the Manila Polo Club in Makati. The report will be presented to the Senate and House of Representatives for ratification, after which it will be sent to President Rodrigo Duterte, who can either sign it or veto it. With a report from Meanne Corvera
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Thursday, Dec. 13, ratified the bicameral conference committee report that gives those who have tax obligations for taxable year 2017 and prior years the opportunity to settle them. “This is but another step in the long quest toward an efficient and equitable tax system,” Senator Sonny Angara, chairman of the Senate ways and means committee, said. Under the measure, if passed into law, taxpayers will be given the option to […]
(Eagle News) — A bicameral conference committee has approved a bill that would allow cellphone users to keep their numbers for life even if they switch to a different service provider. “Kung ang third telco ay nagbaba ng presyo, nagbigay ng mas magandang service, hindi na tayo mahihirapang lumipat sa kahit anong telco,” Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, said. He said the measure, once it becomes law, will apply […]
(Eagle News) — Progressive lawmakers on Wednesday, May 23, slammed the approval of a measure that seeks to put a national ID system in place. In a statement, ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio said “the bill might be a tool to “deprive basic social services and discriminate against those who do not have the ID once the law is implemented.” He added that it empowers the government to gather information of an individual that […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives held a bicameral conference on Thursday to thresh out the differences in their respective versions of the budget bill for 2018. Attending the executive session were members of the finance committees led by Senator Loren Legarda and Rep. Karlo Nograles. The bicameral conference was held a day after the Senate approved, with a 16-0 vote, its version of the 2018 General Appropriations Act. This […]
