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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is abolishing the controversial Road Board which he had earlier described as a “milking cow” for corrupt politicians. Malacanang revealed on Tuesday that the President has already signed Republic Act 11239 or “An Act Abolishing the Road Board and providing for the disposition of the Motor Vehicle User’s Charge Collections” on March 8. “The Road Board created by Republic Act No. 8794 is hereby abolished,” the new law […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Tuesday, Jan. 22, adopted the House of Representatives’ bill seeking to abolish the Road Board. With the adoption of revised House Bill 7436, a bicameral conference committee will no longer have to be convened. The bill will therefore be directly sent to President Rodrigo Duterte for his approval. The adoption came following issues about whether or not the Road Board could be abolished in the first place amid developments in […]
(Eagle News) – Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said the Senate maintains its position that there is no need for a bicameral conference committee on the bill abolishing the Road Board, even as talks between the Senate and House majority leaders about the issue are set. Sotto said that this position reflected the general sentiment of senators after an all-member caucus. “At the moment, we still stand on the issue that it has been […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Jan. 4, said he wants the road user’s tax collected by the Road Board to be used for the rehabilitation of areas hit by “Usman” in Bicol. The President made the announcement in a briefing with Cabinet officials in Camarines Sur. “We will work together, convince Congress…wala naman silang magawa diyan (dahil) ayaw ko talaga e…Unahin na muna ang Bicol,” he said. At least 122 people were killed after […]
(Eagle News)–For Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, there is no need to convene a bicameral conference committee on Road Board abolition. In the first place, Drilon said in a statement, the Senate “has already taken the position that the bill to abolish the Road Board is already approved by virtue of its adoption of House Bill 7436 on September 12.” “When we adopted the House bill on September 12, there are no more disagreeing provisions..The Senate’s […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed that he had talked with House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo where he had discussed his firm stand to abolish the controversial graft-ridden “Road Board” which he described as a “milking cow” for corrupt politicians. Duterte also pointed out that House Majority Floor Leader Rolando Andaya had seemed to misunderstand before his position on the Road Board when he claimed the President did not want the Road Board […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Dec. 22, welcomed House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr.’s statement the House of Representatives would heed President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for the abolition of the Road Board. “We are pleased to know that the House of Representatives has listened to the voice of the people who have long been outraged by the corruption surrounding the use of the said tax,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. According to […]
(Eagle News)—–House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. on Saturday, Dec. 22, said the House of Representatives would heed President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for the Road Board to be abolished. In a radio interview, Andaya said there should be “real abolition” of the board, which determines where the motor vehicle users’ charge goes. The MVUC is paid by motorists upon registration of their vehicles. According to Andaya, the proceeds “need to be included as a line-item fund […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Dec. 21, said he wanted the Road Board abolished, putting an end to debates about what he believed the Road Board’s fate should be. “I have always been wary about this office because it has been the milking cow of people who are in government,” he said of the office tasked to determine where the motor vehicle users’ charges go. The MVUC is paid by motorists upon registration of […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel on Friday, Dec. 21, confirmed President Rodrigo Duterte indeed wants the Road Board abolished. According to Pimentel, the chief executive told this to him during Senator Manny Pacquiao’s 40th birthday celebration in General Santos. “..President Duterte called for me and told me in very categorical terms that ‘we should abolish the road board’,” Pimentel said. He said he told Duterte that the Senate, under Pimentel’s leadership then, already passed […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson does not believe Budget Secretary Ben Diokno should resign despite allegations he has links to a supposedly favored contractor. In the first place, Lacson, in an interview aired over CNN Philippines on Thursday, Dec. 20, said he “cannot imagine” Diokno dealing with contractors directly. “I’m not defending Sec. Diokno. Pero sabi niya nga nakipag-deal siya sa mga agencies pag nag-appropriate at saka nag-release ng budget,” Lacson said. According to […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that President Rodrigo Duterte is still intent to abolish the Road Board for alleged anomalies in its appropriation of the P45 billion road users’ funds, even if the lower House under the leadership of House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had backtracked from the previous House leadership’s position on the Board’s abolition. Palace Spokesperson Salvador Panelo told reporters that President Duterte is just waiting for the copy of the signed bill […]
