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MANILA, Philippines — Senators have unanimously agreed to remove all confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP), Department of Education (DepEd) and all civilian agencies from the national budget for 2024, a senator has disclosed.
MANILA, Philippines — As Congress resumes its second regular session, senators held an all-member caucus to discuss issues including the P5.768-trillion proposed national budget for 2024.
MANILA, Philippines — While he favors giving confidential funds to President Marcos, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel maintained the allocation should be reasonable and not “sky’s the limit.”
MANILA, Philippines — After the Philippines withdrew its request for official development assistance from China for a railway project, six other projects under ODA have also been delayed, according to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian.
MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri yesterday downplayed the impact of the Supreme Court (SC)’s decision denying the Senate’s petition challenging the constitutionality of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to bar executive officials from attending Senate hearings.
MANILA, Philippines — With the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections set next week, a senator renewed calls for the passage of a bill allowing over six million qualified senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) to vote early in local and national elections.
MANILA, Philippines — An independent agency or body should be created to test and evaluate curricula and data in education to properly measure and improve learner outcomes, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — Some of the people who allegedly took part in hazing rites that killed Philippine College of Criminology (PCCR) student Ahldryn Lery Bravante in Quezon City were intoxicated with alcohol, police said yesterday.