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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte asked Congress on Monday, July 27, to fast-track the passage of several economic measures to help the country recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three of these are the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act which will supplement funds for the recovery and response against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Corporate Recovery and the Tax Incentives for Enterprises or CREATE Act, and the Financial Institutions Strategic Transfer […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate and the House of Representatives have approved granting President Rodrigo Duterte the “necessary” and “proper” powers to address the coronavirus disease emergency. Voting 12-0, senators passed the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act early Tuesday, also declaring a national emergency over COVID-19 in the country. The approved Senate measure, Senate Bill 1418, was the amended version of Senate Bill no. 1413 authored by Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III and Senator Pia […]
(Eagle News)– Quality over quantity. Responding to criticisms the Senate passed only a few laws last year, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Wednesday night said the Upper House of Congress was after “quality not quantity” in the first place. “Let us not judge lawmaking in terms of number of laws passed but in terms of how the laws we pass the quality of life on Earth in general and of Filipinos in particular,” he […]
