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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Oct. 9, called for a special session of Congress to ensure the passage of the proposed 2021 national budget. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the session will be held from Oct. 13 to 16, noting that the President, in the same proclamation No. 1027, had certified as urgent the proposed national budget of P4.5 trillion. “Ginawa ito ng Presidente dahil importanteng maipasa, maisabatas ang proposed 2021 budget […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has called for a special session of Congress for the passage of a supplemental budget against the coronavirus disease 2019. Senator Bong Go said he and other lawmakers made the recommendation for the special session “to tackle and pass appropriate measures granting a supplemental budget in order to give the President and other concerned agencies the flexibility of utilizing funds as they deem necessary to combat the spread of the coronavirus […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is mulling calling for a special session of Congress to ensure the welfare of Filipinos amid the heightening tensions between Iran and Iraq and the United States. “Ngayon I suggest that Congress even for about … bahala na kung one or two days …(to) discuss the problems, the ramifications,” Duterte said after signing the P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020. The President said he was worried about the situation in the Middle […]
