President Marcos vetoes sections of GAA
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has vetoed sections of the P5.768-trillion 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA), including an allocation of a revolving fund for the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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Elderly pension bill advances
THE funding provision of the proposed social pension for senior citizens bill has hurdled the House Committee on Appropriations, said Senior Citizen Party-List Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes.
Marcos Jr’s Partido Federal unites with Lakas-CMD
MANILA, Philippines — The Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) led by President Marcos formalized its alliance with the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) yesterday, marking the revival of a UniTeam alliance for the 2025 midterm elections.
Press Release - Revilla enthusiastic with the new PFP-Lakas alliance; confident it is a great stride towards 2025 midterm elections
SENATOR Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr., Chairman of Lakas-CMD, expressed his enthusiasm Wednesday (May 8) over the cementing of the alliance between President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s political party, the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) and Lakas.
House panel OKs rice tariffication amendments
MANILA, Philippines — A day after President Marcos certified as urgent the proposed amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), a House committee approved yesterday a bill amending the measure.
Marcos to certify rice tariffication amendments
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos yesterday expressed readiness to certify as urgent the proposed amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), citing the need for the government to have a say in the pricing and selling of the staple.
Marcos to tag as urgent rice law amendments returning NFA's original powers
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has agreed to tag as urgent proposed changes to the controversial Rice Tarrification Law (RTL) that would allow the National Food Authority to sell cheap rice in the markets again.
DA backs allowing NFA to sell rice in markets
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture supports the move of Speaker Martin Romualdez to amend the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) to allow the National Food Authority (NFA) to sell rice in the markets, DA Assistant Secretary and spokesman Arnel de Mesa said yesterday.
Traders, middlemen blamed for soaring commodity prices
MANILA, Philippines — The soaring prices of basic commodities in the market despite the wide gap in farmgate and retail prices are brought by as much as 200 percent profit of middlemen and traders, according to administration lawmakers.