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Sotto, Velasco sign bill that includes funds for gov’t COVID response for next year (Eagle News) — Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have already signed the bill on the P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021 which is to be transmitted to Malacanang for President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature by tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Both Senate President Vicente Sotto III and House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco have already signed the General Appropriations Act […]
But says Senate can start tackling budget bill without final passage in House https://youtu.be/f3h0vM_EYks (Eagle News) – Malacanang is ready to call for a special session after December 14 if needed to prevent delays in the passage of the proposed PhP4.506 trillion national budget amid the squabble on the House leadership. Palace spokesperson Harry Roque said that Malacanang believes there is still enough time to finish deliberations on the budget bill, or House Bill 7727 […]
(Eagle News)–Congressmen have backed out of inserting “pork barrel” amounting to P1.5 billion for each deputy speaker and P700 million for each congressman after the Palace said President Rodrigo Duterte would scrutinize the budget bill. This is according to Senator Panfilo Lacson, in an interview with reporters on Wednesday, Sept. 25. According to Lacson, he received the information from a “source.” Lacson said he was unsure, however, about the P100 million Rep. Joey Salceda earlier […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, March 26, gave the assurance President Rodrigo Duterte would scrutinize the General Appropriations Bill and would sign it should the same be in accordance with “our Constitution and the laws.” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the comment as he commended the Senate and the House of Representatives for ending the budget impasse and transmitting a General Appropriations Bill to Malacañang. Senate President Tito Sotto signed the House’s enrolled budget bill […]
(Eagle News)–The deadlock over the proposed national budget between the Senate and the House of Representatives was finally broken with Senate President Tito Sotto signing the enrolled budget bill of the House as is but “with reservations.” Sotto clarified in a press conference on Tuesday, March 26, that even with the signing, the Senate was still against the “alignments” made by the House of Representatives in the version ratified by the Senate and the House. […]
