P25B calamity fund not used for pandemic bordering on criminal neglect – ex-VP Binay
“The money should be disbursed soonest to aid jobless workers and hungry Filipinos. Ano pa ang hinihintay nila? Panibagong pandemya?”
Cayetano “resigns” as Speaker minutes after he was ousted by Velasco
Taguig-Pateros Representative Alan Peter Cayetano “resigned” as Speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, October 13, just mere minutes after his colleagues ousted him and voted his rival Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco as the new Speaker.
Duterte calls Congress to special session to hasten passage of 2021 budget
Palace spokesman Harry Roque said Duterte called for the resumption of congressional deliberations “to avoid any further delays” on the bill’s passage.
OSG’s 2021 foreign travel budget questioned
With international travel limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, a senator blasted the Office of the Solicitor General’s request to increase its foreign travel budget for 2021.
President Duterte approves P4.506T 2021 national budget
President Rodrigo Duterte approved the proposed P4.506-trillion national budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 on July 30, Thursday.