Tag: House retaliation

Palace foresees no House “retaliation” for Duterte’s veto of items in nat’l budget

(Eagle News)–A Palace official on Wednesday, April 17, said he foresees no “retaliation” on the part of the House of Representatives for President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto of P95.3 billion worth of items in the national budget. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles issued the statement days after Duterte scrapped the items which included what the Senate said were illegal  alignments made by the House after Congress ratified its version of the budget bill. Duterte also subjected to […]