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(Eagle News) — The optional retirement age for government employees could soon be changed from 60 to 56. This was after the House of Representatives, with a vote of 192-0, overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading a bill lowering the optional retirement age of government employees to 56. There were also no abstentions to House Bill 5509 which sought to amend Section 13-A of Republic Act 8291, also known as the “Government Service Insurance […]
(Eagle News) — A House panel on Wednesday, Dec. 12, approved a resolution amending the Constitution to include, among others, longer terms for all local government officials and district representatives. The resolution approved by the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments reportedly during an executive session also provided for the election of three senators by region and the election of the president and vice president in tandem. Earlier, Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, committee chair, […]
(Eagle News – Work at the House of Representatives was suspended today, Tuesday, December 3, due to the expected onslaught of Typhoon Kammuri (TisoyPH) in Metro Manila. A skeletal force from the engineering and security bureaus will report for work today, according to the Office of the Secretary General of the Lower House. The suspension of work has been cleared with the Office of House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano. Signal number 2 is currently hoisted […]
(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020. The vote was 257-6, without any abstention. President Rodrigo Duterte had certified as urgent the proposed national budget. Last year, the House and the Senate figured in a budget impasse, prompting the government to operate with a reenacted budget in the first few months of this year. The President signed the budget in April. For 2020, the […]
(Eagle News) – Several overseas Filipino workers pushed the House of Representatives to fast-track the bill creating the Department of Overseas Filipino Workers. Some of them even became emotional during a recent hearing of the House Committee on Government Reorganization and House Committee on Overseas Workers’ Affairs. The OFWs said that the creation of such a department is long overdue. “We owe it to our unsung heroes, our OFWs besides they continue to contribute […]
(Eagle News)–Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco has been chosen as the leader of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan in the House of Representatives. Velasco, who issued a thank you statement after he was picked, said the decision was made by the party leadership. “This fresh step by the party leadership is a welcome development, as this will further strengthen unity and camaraderie among PDP-Laban members,” Velasco said. “With 69 members of PDP-Laban in […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rypFxQLgCCY (Eagle News) – Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have assured that the proposed 2020 national budget will be passed on time. The newly-designated Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance Senator Sonny Angara said his panel’s scrutiny of the proposed 2020 national budget will be “thorough, transparent, truthful. “And we will pass it on time,” he said. The senator said that he expects Malacanang will be sending over the proposed […]
(Eagle News) — Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez has agreed to be the Majority Floor Leader as had been decided by President Rodrigo Duterte, according to Albay Rep. Joey Salceda. “He’s accepting the mandate from us,” he said of Romualdez. Salceda said that they have also asked Romualdez to already report to Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano who had been chosen by President Duterte as the next House Speaker under a term-sharing agreement with Marinduque […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte is “comfortable with any of the candidates” for the House Speakership as all of them are his “political allies,” according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. In a statement, Panelo said that President Duterte would not make any endorsement even as members of the administration party PDP-Laban chose Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco as its candidate for House Speaker. “PRRD (Duterte’s initials) is comfortable with any of the candidates […]
(Eagle News) – Marinduque Representative Lord Alan Velasco has been chosen by the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban as its nominee for House Speaker in the 18th Congress, according to Senator Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao, in a video conference from Los Angeles, said he was given the authority to make the announcement by PDP Laban President Aquilino Pimentel III He said that the administration party, PDP Laban, wants the next speaker to be a member of […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate and the Supreme Court have netted “very good” satisfaction ratings, while the House of Representatives and the Cabinet “good” ones in a recent Social Weather Stations survey. According to the first quarter 2019 Social Weather Survey fielded from March 28 to 31, the 72 percent satisfied with the performance of the Senate, and 10 percent dissatisfied with the same translate to a +62 net satisfaction. The SWS said this was […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson has filed a bill institutionalizing the direct participation of people’s organizations and non-government organizations in the preparation of the country’s annual spending bill. In filing Senate Bill No. 2219, Lacson said there was a need “to achieve a people-oriented budget as well as establish transparency and accountability in the budget process.” Under the bill, civil society organizations can observe public consultations, and submit position papers to national government agencies […]
