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THE Senate yesterday ratified the P5.768 trillion 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) hours after it was approved by the bicameral conference committee which reconciled the disagreeing provisions in the versions approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives.
SENATE President Juan Miguel Zubiri yesterday said senators are set to ratify today the reconciled version of the proposed P5.768 trillion national budget of the Marcos administration for next year.
DESPITE the recommendation of Senate minority leader Aquilino Pimentel III that the Office of the President be stripped of its intelligence funds and its confidential funds reduced, these have remained “unchanged” in the bicameral conference committee tackling the P5.786 trillion budget for next year.
SEN. Ronald dela Rosa yesterday urged appropriate government agencies to check the veracity of an allegation made during a Senate committee hearing that Kabataan party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is supposedly involved in the recruitment of young students to the communist movement.
THE Senate has prohibited the use of the Executive’s contingent funds to augment the confidential and intelligence funds (CFIs) of government agencies, especially civilian offices which are not involved in defense and public safety.
MEMBER parliaments have agreed to urge the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to abide by the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council for its denuclearization, a move aimed at attaining peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the Asia-Pacific region.
SENATE President Juan Miguel Zubiri yesterday said senators are eyeing the passage of the P5.768 trillion proposed national budget or the General Appropriations Bill on Wednesday next week.
SENATORS on Monday night rebuked Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) general manager Cynthia Carrion for sending text messages to senators telling them to “to stop asking questions” on the proposed budget of other departments and prioritize instead the spending request of the Department of Tourism (DOT) for 2024.