(Eagle News)–Senator Bam Aquino has said teachers who will serve in the May 2019 elections should get the pay they deserve even if there was a reenacted budget for this year. Aquino made the statement after the Commission on Elections warned these teachers would not receive their honoraria in such a scenario, and amid talks of a re-enacted budget following a deadlock between the House of Representatives and the Senate. According to Aquino, should this be […]
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Palace: Re-enacted budget will hurt PHL economy
(Eagle News) — For the Palace, a “reenacted budget as a result of budget impasse” will ultimately hurt the country’s economy. In a statement issued on Thursday, Jan. 31, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said it would, after all, “translate to lost opportunities for higher growth..” He said economic managers were “estimating a loss of 1 to 2.3 percentage points in the full-year gross domestic product” in the event the 2019 budget is not passed. He […]





