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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte wants to abolish the Road Board, the Palace said on Tuesday, Dec. 18. In fact, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte would sign the bill abolishing the graft-tainted body once it reaches his desk. He said President Duterte was also against the release of the P45-billion road user’s tax, which instead, according to Duterte, should be returned to the treasury. “..Let Congress appropriate again for a specific purpose,” Panelo […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel on Thursday, Sept. 20, called out the House of Representatives for passing a motion that voided a bill aimed at abolishing the Road Board. According to Pimentel, such a move to void House Bill 7436 which the Senate adopted on Sept. 12 was “legally questionable.” In adopting the House bill instead of the Senate’s version, Senate bill 1620, the Senate essentially did away with the need for a bicameral conference to reconcile […]
